the eternal father

God is doing something very beautiful in my children. It's something eternal and it's absolutely of the Father in heaven.

The past couple of days we've been praying, by name, for a specific little girl who needs an adoptive family. In the midst of those prayers I've seen my children's hearts become more and more alive with compassion, hope and excitement. Their hearts have been made ready over a course of seasons, to one day take in children for the sake of loving them, healing them through the power of that love, and enjoying them as brothers and sisters. It's been amazing to watch the transformation in their hearts as we talk about such things. They indeed have a heart for the orphan, and that was not something I put there. That was something only God could instill.

Tessa, my oldest (age 12), came home from her youth group last night and shared something so precious with me. She is of the age where she doesn't 'have' to share her heart with me but she chose to and afterwards, I was so glad that she did. She said that while worshipping last night the Lord put this little girl on her heart so strongly, and then, in her words, "I began to feel the Lord's heart over her; how He longs to be her Father, to hold her, to swing her, to love her." She said she began to weep with this revelation of the Father's love. May we all weep with this revelation and may we all come into this revelation, with fullness.

God, thank you for the deep work you do. For the things that are done in the depths of the soil; the things you accomplish through dry and rigid seasons. When they spring forth, they are the newness of life to us. They are the manifestation of the unseen hands of the cultivator of life. I praise you today for the eternal gift of knowing you, the Father, and would you increase it in our hearts and home. And would you give this little girl her heart's desire, which is to be perfected in love. That is also this girl's heart desire Lord, as perfected love drives out all fear.