A Story to Share
There once was a girl aching for love and affection. Her Father sought to fulfill her by lovingly providing everything she needed.
You know - Father knows best.
This girl ~ desperate for affirmation and attention from others her age ~ decided to engage in the same activities as others around her to obtain their approval.
And these children loved playing in mud puddles.
If they splashed in the mud, she would follow accordingly and splash too. If they made mud pies and decided to eat them, she would too, just for their acceptance. Deep down, she knew she hated getting her clothes wet and dirty and she hated eating mud pies, but she wanted the acceptance and camaraderie of the other children so badly that what she was engaging in was truly - and literally - filthy.
What’s to say of this story?
Doesn’t this girl have a good reason why she plays with the other kids in the mud?
Well, her Father would never affirm her like that, right? Right.
Her father would never engage in helping her to justify why remaining in filthiness is appropriate or remotely identifiable of her worth. Her Father loves her too much to condone such activity. Her Father knows she is a gem and deserving of so much more than she sees of herself.
The daughter has characteristics of the Father that the Father solely knows and can, when the daughter will allow Him, fulfill.
You know - Father knows best.
