Hello Carleeta, Thank you for posts this wonderful about Father ,because I know God is my father in heaven because we all are his childrens. Addison
O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:26 AM Subject: {dbilg} A Tender, merciful Father > > A Tender, Merciful Father > > Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that > fear him. Ps. 103:13. > > Our God should be regarded as a tender, merciful father. The service > of > God should not be looked upon as a heart-saddening, distressing exercise. > It > should be a pleasure to worship the Lord and to take part in His work. As > the people of God meditate upon the plan of salvation their hearts will be > melted in love and gratitude. . . . > > God would not have His children, for whom so great a salvation has > been > provided, act as though He were a hard, exacting taskmaster. He is their > best friend, and when they worship Him, He expects to be with them to > bless > and comfort them and fill their hearts with joy and love. The Lord desires > His children to take comfort in His service, and to find more pleasure > than > hardship in His work. The Lord desires that those who come to worship Him > shall carry away with them precious thoughts of His care and love that > they > may be cheered in all the employments of daily life, that they may have > grace to deal honestly and faithfully in all things. . . . > > We dishonor God when we think of Him only as a judge ready to pass > sentence upon us, and forget that He is a loving Father. The whole > spiritual > life is molded by our conceptions of God, and if we cherish erroneous > views > of His character, our souls will sustain injury. We should see in God one > who yearns toward the children of men, longing to do them good. . . . All > through the Scriptures, God is represented as one who calls, woos by His > tender love, the hearts of His erring children. No earthly parent could be > as patient with the faults and mistakes of their children as is God with > those He seeks to save. No one could plead more tenderly with the > transgressor. No human lips ever poured out more tender entreaty to the > wanderer than does He. O shall we not love God, and show our love by > humble > obedience? Let us have a care for our thoughts, our experiences, our > attitude toward God, for all His promises are but the breathings of > unutterable love. > >>From That I May Know Him - Page 263 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
