Like a Child...

Like a child, I will forever be amazed of how deep the Heavenly Father loves me. And one of the best gifts He has given me is my dad. Through my earthly father, God has blessed me with so many things more than money could buy.

It was my Daddy who taught me to value family and to fear God. He also instilled the importance of choosing to do what is right and to work at everything with all your heart into it.

When I ask for something as a child, he will take me with him to the store so I could take my choice, showing that he trusts me and my judgment.

As I got older, I understood that there were things in life that you have to work hard for and because of this I was inspired to work and study harder. In doing tasks and responsibilitites with diligence, I learned to value the things that he gave me not because of what its amount in money but because of what it amounts to in giving my labor and efforts. Through these I was taught of becoming a good steward of the things entrusted to me.

He has also shown me how unconditional his love for me when I commit mistakes and he still loves me just the same.  There was a time I was telling him that I was sorry because I haven't accomplished anything that could make him proud of me as a father.  I told him that I failed him and what he said will forever be in my heart... He said that just by being his daughter and knowing how good my intentions and my heart were, I have made him extremely proud and that as a father he would not ask for more.

Now that we don't get the chance to be together as much as we want to, I realized that love is something cannot be taken away by distance. It is something that is in you and grows more and more even in the person's absence. It is something you are certain of and something you can count on and hold on to, no matter what the circumstances are. It is the love that is in me from my Daddy and it came from our Heavenly Father. This love I hope to share with people whom I come across with...

In my life, I have failed countless of times. I got hurt and I hurt other people, mostly the ones I love. I have been frustrated to the point that I felt that all my dreams were taken away from me.  But never have I doubted that God loves me and that He is with me, in His perfect time when my heart is completely in tune with His, He shall give all that it desires for His glory and reknown. 

Now, I feel like a sparrow singing in the middle of the rain because I am certain that the sun will shine. All of these were easier to understand and because Father God has given me my Dad.  No matter how difficult life maybe for us, he never became tired of loving, serving and staying by our side, his smile is the sunshine that warms our hearts.

I love you daddy to the moon and back.  I thank God for your life.  I am proud that you are my father.  I pray that God will give me the grace to honor you as He commanded me to do.  And like a child I will forever be in awe of God's wonderful blessing that is you.