Eternal Father

This year, I have constantly seen the hand of my Heavenly Father meeting my needs, and the needs of my girls. Even at times that have been the bleakest, and I have wondered where He is, my heart of hearts knows, He is always with me, always present. It is just that sometimes, He is that still small voice, and I don't always have the ears to hear. There have been days I have been so consumed with me that I can't see or hear anything or anyone. Yet, He will never leave me or forsake me.

The word eternal in the Hebrew means- perpetually, all, continually. A cross definition was to pass on or advance. Hmm, like a trodden path. My Heavenly Father as always been, always will be. My pea brain can't wrap itself around that one. He has forged the way for me, long before I existed. Christ became flesh, '...to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest...to make propitiation for the sins of the people...to come to the aid of those who are tempted.' (Heb.2.17,18) For me. He loves me this much. God gave up His Son for me. Christ gave up His glory to suffer as a man for me. Amazing.

I think of my girls losing their earthly Papa. No longer tangible, no longer here to give counsel, to hold, to laugh with. This hurts my heart, and I can do nothing to fix it, I can't fill the void. But they have an Eternal Father, who has gone before them, trodden their paths. He knew their Papa would leave them early in their lives, He knew they would have a void to fill. He will fill that void as only He can. My girls will have a different relationship with our Eternal Father than I will have, I can only imagine the great heights He will take them, He will be their Daddy in ways their own papa could never have been. It may be a long hard fought relationship, or one they fall softly into like a down comforter. This is not something I can do for them. All I can do is continually pray for their hearts.

God is my Eternal Father, the one I go to for everything now, my relationship with Him has changed, but not like it will for my girls. I want them to know He will always be there for them. He will never leave them or forsake them. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. I want them to know Him. I want them to know no matter how difficult things get that He is a Father to the fatherless. I want them to know that 'The Eternal Father is your dwelling place and refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.' (Deut. 33.27)