Greetings Dear Reader,
The sadness and pain of father wounds can span our entire
lives. We make poor choices and follow
dark paths because of the pain. We are
wandering walking wounded.
Our lives can be so ruled by the pain and sorrow that we do
not see hope or a way out. Our image of
a father is so tainted by the failure of the one who is supposed to be “our”
father that we cannot see beyond that to the love offered by the Father. In some cases even when we see it we refuse
to trust that it can be real.
I feel the deep wounds of a father who did not love me and
would not invest his life in mine. The
only thing that sustains me is the love of a Father God who sees every hurt and
tear when I am alone and the ache rises in me.
It is the love that I want to know how to show my Children and
Grandchildren. It is in seeking to love
him that I learn how to love others.
Both my nature and nurture trained me to be a hard and unloving
man. I have to lay down my hurt daily
and try again. I have to soften my heart
to the love and grace of the Father. I
have to have faith. I have to keep
seeking the Father with all my heart.
I assure you that this is not a fixer for all my pain and
sorrow. It is not the solution to all my
anger and loss. Instead it gives me the
strength for the next day or maybe the next moment. It is solace when I allow it to be.
The longing for a life where I do not fail my Children and
they see the depth of my love for them continues. The desire to see my Children and
Grandchildren walking in faith with the Father stems from that love. Perhaps that is the deepest connection. The Father has a heart that longs for us and
he shows himself to me through the longing I feel. It accepts me where and how I am and embraces
me whenever I will let him.
Come As
You Are – David Crowder
Come out of sadness from wherever you've been
Come, brokenhearted; let rescue begin
Come find your mercy, O sinner, come kneel
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
Lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
O wanderer, come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
There's hope for the hopeless
For all those who've strayed
Come sit at the table
Come taste the grace
There's rest for the weary
A rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't cure
Lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
O wanderer, come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Fall in His arms
Come as you are
There's joy for the morning
O sinner, be still
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
Lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
O wanderer, come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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