Thoughts from a Young Dad. . .

So this week has been an interesting one with my oldest daughter, Jordyn. Last week my parents were in town and they enjoyed time with the girls. Jordyn had less just mommy and daddy time but seemed to do well. Tuesday and Wednesday I busy and gone pretty much all day both days in preparation for our Dodgeball tournament and Rwanda Night. Both were awesome and God did some really cool things. When I got home on Wednesday night both girls were in bed and I stayed up for a little bit. . . wired from Rwanda Night.

I get to spend Thursday with both girls. Sometimes this can be overwhelming but this past Thursday was pretty sweet. Other than early morning when both girls were up it seem to work out that when Kara was sleeping Jordyn was up and then when Jordyn went to sleep Kara woke up. This happen about twice this past Thursday. I had a great time with them both and got some good cuddle time in with them. What was weird was Thursday when Rose got home until Sunday afternoon it just seemed like Jordyn didn't want to spend time with daddy at all. I tried to pick her up to hug her and give her kisses, put her to sleep at night and she just would scream for mommy. Although she didn't understand I told her how it broke daddy's heart to hear and see her pull away and runaway from me.

I have to be honest. The longer I'm a parent/dad, the more I learn about the heart of God. I thought about the times that I send that same message to my Heavenly Dad. I thought about how many times the students I work with and even their parents do the same thing to dad. He runs after us and wants to pick us up in His arms to hug and cuddle with us, to kiss us and tell us everything is alright and that He's here, He wants to protect us and keep us safe. Yet we don't understand and we continue to run the other way and chase after other things.

That causes me to ask myself the question "What other 'things' am I chasing after that are causing me to run away from my Dad? What about you . . . what 'things' are you chasing after? Why are you running from God?

Why is it when we were kids when we had issues, or we were sick, or hurt, or afraid . . .we'd running to daddy for comfort, strength, support and love and now as we get older we run away from our Dad. . . the one who can truly help us and runs after us because he wants to?