~ Dancing With My Daddy ~

This past weekend, I attended a staff retreat with the amazing women I work with. We had a great time of training and workshops but we also had an awesome time of just enjoying conversation and laughter. As busy moms, those moments are priceless and I enjoyed every second of it.  Somehow during conversation, I began reminiscing about one of my earliest childhood memories. When I was a little my daddy would pick me up, hold me tight, and dance me around in the living room to a Conway Twitty song.  Now, it wasn’t the sappy, love song from Conway Twitty that made that moment so special. It was the fact that I had my daddy’s undivided attention. The youngest of five children didn’t leave a lot of room for one-on-one time from my father, but in that moment, I was the main focus of my daddy’s attention. That 5-year-old little girl felt like a beautiful princess as her daddy would put the stresses of the world away for a few minutes and just, dance. Now, thirty-five years later, I get the privilege of seeing my daughter have those same precious moments with her own daddy, my amazing husband! 

As I think back to those sweet memories, I am quickly drawn to the relationship I have with my Heavenly Father.  I’m not a little girl anymore who dances around the living room with her earthly daddy to Conway Twitty songs, but I have a Father in heaven who devotes his undivided attention to me every second of every day and holds me tight as He lavishes His love on me through His Word. As a matter of fact, scripture tells me just how special I am to my Father. I am a masterpiece made in His image.

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)

And He beams with pride of His creation!

“Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.”

Genesis 1:31 (NIV)

The same sense of love and security that I once had as a small girl comes flooding back when I am immersed in my Father’s Word daily. It is there that I bask in the glory of his promises. It is there where He reminds me of His love for me. It is there, in the depth of those amazing pages of scripture that He speaks to me. He gives me guidance for the paths of life, He gently corrects and disciplines by his commands, and He reaches through those incredible pages and holds me tight as I cling for hope.  That is when I bow my head and praise His Holy name! That is the moment we “dance”.

“I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.”

Psalm 16:7 (NIV)

“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.”

Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

Abba Father, I adore you!

What is your relationship like with your Heavenly Father?  Do you long for the hugs that only a Daddy can give? Do you want to be wrapped tightly in your Father’s arms and held securely in His love?

O, sweet one, it is available to you!  You are dearly loved and cherished! He adores you and longs to hold you tight!  Begin today by allowing your Heavenly Father to lavish his love on you. Open His Word for strength and comfort and renew that fellowship with him through prayer. Daddy loves His children!

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

1 John 3:1a (NIV)