When I look at this picture, I see more than just a father giving a kiss to his little girl, I see much more…

What I see is a reminder of just how much how our Father in Heaven loves us. When your relationship with your own father wasn’t or isn’t what you would like, it’s sometimes hard to understand just how God feels about us.

I saw something that I never have felt for myself, that being the love of a dad for his little girl.

The man in this photo is my nephew and let me tell you, he LOVES his little girl. There is nothing he wouldn’t do to provide for or protect his precious child.

When I first saw this, I was surprised at the feelings it evoked within me. I saw something that I never have felt for myself, that being the love from a dad toward his little girl. And yes, I felt a little sad. Sad over a part of life that can’t be reclaimed, can’t be relived, a feeling of a part of life lost. And, sad that I never had the chance to be that little girl and look up with a big smile and say “I love you daddy!” I know there are many of you who feel the same way.

This isn’t just from being transgender – I know plenty of women who aren’t transgender that never had that kind of relationship with their own father. I would think it’s even harder in their case. They were there, their father had an opportunity to be a loving daddy to his little girl but for whatever reason wasn’t – at least my father has an excuse (he didn’t know my “secret”.)

Sometimes we’re afraid to go to God because we’re afraid of Him.

Sometimes we’re afraid to go to God because we’re afraid of Him. We’re afraid He’s like the father we grew up with, the father that couldn’t express his love for us in a way that we understood or in a way we would have hoped. Maybe he was distant, maybe he was mean, or maybe he just didn’t have it within him to put into words we could hear how he felt.

But looking at the photo, I can’t help thinking how much more God loves each of us. The “I’ll do anything to protect you, keep you safe, watch over your life” attitude I see in my nephew can’t begin to touch how much God wants to protect us, keep us safe and watch over our life.  1 John 3:1 says “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!” (NLT) Matthew 7:11 says “Therefore if you, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?” (LEB)

In Ephesians 1:4-5 Paul writes “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” (NLT) Unlike our genetic parents who didn’t have a choice – they got what they got (you and me,) but God CHOSE us, he adopted us. He looked around and said you, and you, and you. He loved us so much he sent Jesus so that we could be called his children, and that we could call him ABBA, Father, Daddy.

For everything that we may feel we missed from our own fathers here on Earth, we have a Father who will never disappoint, never abandon, but will always – love us. So don’t be afraid to tell God that you’re hurting, you’re lonely – He’s there to comfort you, to embrace you and if you’ll look up to Him and gaze into His smiling face, He may even give you a little peck on the lips. He loves you that much!

– Blessings

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