Yet, one more day of fog, but it is much lighter this morning and reminds me that hidden behind it is the sun and its light.

Nice to be reminded.

Mathew 6:8-9 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

We know that whenever Jesus addressed God He called Him Father.

The beauty of our relationship with Christ is through Him we can also address Him as Father.

We are children of God.  We are the children of the King.  We are brothers with and in Christ.

We are not some cast off orphan that has no hope of inheritance; we have the promises of God that He, the Father, has accepted us into His family.

Christ gave us permission to address God as our Father, it is a relationship, a communal connection that allows us to come before Him with an expectation of acceptance as a Godly father has for a son.

Even if we have turned away from Him, have chosen to exclude Him from our lives, He will allow us to come back.

Luke 15:30-32 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

³¹ And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

³² It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

As the father welcomed his son who left him, he will do the same for us.

It is also important to note that while He welcomed him home, he also told the son that had been faithful and worked for him, that his blessing would be greater.

It is far better to remain loyal and faithful to our Father than to turn away from Him and go our own way.  We will miss out on many of His blessings when we fail to serve Him.

Later, Art :-)