Hi, Sweetheart.
Yes, it’s Daddy again. Your silly Daddy has just been thinking about you, I’m so thankful the Lord has given me peace about you, because you’re up there safe from any problems.
You don’t need to hear about the evils that have been in the news lately. There’s so many good people, and one would think in sports one could avoid all the evils that I avoid by not watching the news otherwise and getting my info on some Christian message boards. The images are just so gruesome. If it wasn’t for sports I couldn’t have cable TV, and only get maybe 15 channels as it is.
I hear more and more people talk about possible persecution here, though, and I’ll be honest, I worry about being able to homeschool you if you were around; of coruse, I felt I’d have had to a decade ago when I thought about it a bit before I went and got my Masters in ministry. Adoption was possible then, but I was just so concerned because of all the problems people said might come, and the anti-Christian eveil the devil is spreading.
But, again, there are som many nice people, and I will make myself get off of worries about the eviel ones. I know it’s likely you wouldn’t have been hurt had you been born and I adopted you. But, this just shows how concerned I’d have been over you, how protective.
The fruits of the Spirit as love, joy, peace, longsuffering(patience), gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness(power under control)and temperance(self control), against such there is no law.(Gal.5:22-23) The problem is that the people in the news I’ve seenact like they can do whatever they want against these fruits – but that’s what always bugged me before, I thought the world should act like Christians, and there’s a reason they don’t. They’re not filled with the Spirit. Sometiems Christians aren’t controlled by the Spirit, and we need to be, but the point is, the Lord has established that these are things we should be, and we should let Him make us like that to be more like Him. Sure, we each have our individual interests, but He wants us to learn to be Christ-like. That’s why He says “against such there is no law.”
In other words, there is no exception, we must be gentle, patient, etc.; kindness(Eph4:32) and tenderheartedness(same verse) are also crucial.
I’d have tried so hard to be a Godly example. Not all have that background or upbringing I did, but even those who haven’t that I’ve met have become Godly people because of Jesus’ love.
I’d told others – high school friends – about you in a letter, though only that I have faith you’re waiting for me and not about my blogging to you. I recently verbally told some friends as we watched football a few Thursdays ago during the Packer game.
The response was interesting – saying that God had other plans. I think they didn’t really grasp that I was saying I consider myself a father to you now, but that’s okay. My brain focuses in weird ways sometimes, and I was speaking with a much more eternal, spiritual perspective than they were thinking. It also makes sense that they’d say this because it is a proven way to comfort someone, pointing out that God is still there for me and His ways are perfect, even if we don’t understand them.
I wasn’t grieving that night – partly because I have this and have slowed quite a bit in my posting, as you can tell, so I have gotten to that acceptance stage. However, if I had been, it would have been a totally logical thing to say, one that would be expected when comforting one, although one I emply more is remarking that there’s a big hole in one’s heart that Jesus can fill.
He has filled that hole in my heart. It’s a hole I realize I had for years till I stepped out in faith and begged the Lord to give me a child so I could shower on them the same tgreat love I always felt. And, it’s a hole the Lord has filled by allowing me to “know you” in this small way and to be confident that you are up there waiting for me and that He truly did work it out well because I would have struggled, not only financially but because of the fallen state of this world. Too many people who refuse to see the need to let the Lord guide them and to show Christlike love. Because He is not only the Lord of the universe, He is also the gentle Saviour who is always so kind and gentle toward us. Yes, I’d have enforced limits with you in a loving fashion, but just having a daddy who has handicaps like I do would have taught you that. Just like the boys who did so well at the game our youth group went to showing me where the concessions were and how to get back.
There are such nice people out there. And, they come because someone was Christlike toward them and they chose to follow that modelt hey were shown, out of devotion, not because they had to, but because they wanted to.
So, this world has its problems, but we can be sure that that God’s love is there for us. I know that He’d have protected you, and only let you go through what you could handle – my main worry is that it would be more than I could handle. Seriously, though. You don’t have to be concerned about that now. You are celebrating in God’s perfect heaven, where nobody has seen, heard, or even imagined the wonders that await us.
And, until we meet, I will continue to share with others God’s love, so they, too, can join us.
With much love,
Daddy
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