Daddy Issues

Wow what a weekend. 

I went to a healing retreat with some young adults from my church. My friend Elyse and I carpooled up to the campground with 2 girls we didn't know from a different campus. They were very sweet girls and we got along very well. The first night we covered Father Heart, which included how people often project their experiences and feelings towards their earthly fathers onto God. We took time to forgive our fathers and we released some of those lies of who God really is. In all the ways our fathers have let us down, our Heavenly Daddy will especially make sure He's there for. Also, in all the ways our fathers have made us smile, God will do times a million. He delights in us.

For some, their fathers were abusive. They said cruel things out of frustration and irritation. For others, their fathers were absent, creating the ungodly belief that they are not worthy of being loved. These are the lies the enemy has told us. Some fathers call their children names: ugly, annoying, overemotional, stupid, fat.
Our Heavenly Daddy wants us to know that those things aren't true. Ask Him what you really are. He'll tell you you are beautiful, smart, passionate, creative, precious, inspiring, lovely and strong. You are made in His image. We are His and His love for us is so BIG. We may have felt unsupported, unheard, unimportant and/or unloved to our earthly fathers but to our Heavenly Daddy we are supported, heard, important and very very very much loved. So let Him in to your heart ♥