Love.

There's a Joshua Creek song that I absolutely love. It's called "I Love You, Son".

 

 

Little boy sits on a chair, waiting for his dad.

Scared and crying, cuz he'd been bad.

Stole a toy on a dare, from the corner drug store,

but he got caught slipping out the door.

And finally when his pa arrived,

the boy couldn't look him in the eye and said, "Oh Dad, I know you hate me."

Then in disbelief, he heard his father say...

"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.

Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.

Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.

I love you, Son."

Then he turned 16, with a license to drive.

Stereo loud, girl by his side.

Lost control on a curve, and the car overturned.

They crawled out and watched that Mustang burn.

From a sheriff's station telephone,

he found the old man at home and said, "Oh Dad, you're gonna hate me.

Then in disbelief, he heard his father say...

"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.

Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.

Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.

I love you, Son."

36, what could have been was in an awful mess.

Broken dreams, broken home, broken promises...

and from the valley of his dark despair rose a first attempt at prayer.

He said, "Oh Lord, I know you hate me."

Then in disbelief, he heard the Father say...

"I love you, Son. Just tell me what you've done.

Life's full of problems, together we can solve them.

Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, you'll see.

I love you, Son."

Sometimes, we feel that the Lord can't possibly forgive us. Why should he? We've managed to mess up yet again. I'm a hopeless cause, you think to yourself. I just can't seem to do the right thing. It's SO hard to keep a good perspective when you feel like a failure. I think we often forget that the Lord doesn't look at us and say, "Well, they failed. I can give up on them now." He is the best friend we will ever have, because he will never give up on us. No matter what you do, no matter how badly you think you've failed, your Father will always love you. He knows the best that is within you. This week, try to see yourself the way that your Heavenly Father sees you. You will find a love and peace that you couldn't dream of having otherwise.