Daniel has been in our lives since Mar’18 – in womb for 9
months, we got to see him face-to-face in Nov’18. And I consider each day with
him, such a blessing.
Over these last few months of being a dad and spending time
with Dan, I have received such wonderful insights – the biggest one is about
God, our loving Father.
When Jesus came into this world, he gave a radically
different and disruptive image of God. He called God His Father and asked us to call Him the same. The relationship with God completely changed. It was no longer
a Master-slave relation or a Creator-creature or an Almighty-powerless or a Holy-unholy
or a Judge-accused or a Ruler-subject relation. It is a Father-child relation!!
St John in his letter will go on to say – “See what love the Father has given
us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are.” (1 John3:1) It is this relationship that I have been understanding layer by layer over
the last few months.
The moment my wife and I became aware about Dan’s presence,
we started loving him. He didn’t have to do anything for us to love him. We
love him because he is our child. No matter how much he troubles us, we love
him. There have been times when he has pushed us to the limits of sleeplessness,
frustration, tiredness, irritation, but in spite of all of that we love him. He
might be his crankiest worst, but we still love him. If we as human parents with
all weaknesses and imperfection feel this way, what about God our Father?
And that has led me to experience once more and may be more
powerfully than ever, that “God is Love." Period. He is love, He knows only to
love and He pours out His love for us. No if’s and but’s, no conditions or
comparisons or consequences, no question asked, no explanation sought, no
commitment taken. He just loves us – you and me – personally, unconditionally,
immeasurably. There is nothing that we should do to be loved by Him. He just
loves us – just as we are.
He pours out His love on you. Would you let yourself be
soaked in His love for you? Would you stop worrying? And start trusting in Him?
All that is required is just to be a child, a child safe in the arms of a
loving, almighty powerful God who is our Father! Would you do that?
“You cannot imagine at all how much you interest God; He is
interested in you as if there were no one else on earth.” – Julien Green
God Bless!
