A must read!
I am a changed person knowing my Father's heart better with the help of this book. The revelation of how the Father has been misrepresented in my life has been life changing. Whether through circumstances or through our earthly relationships, our perception of the Father might be tarnished.
Reading through the Bible's Old Testament, we see a view of a Holy God that was distant. That was our perception. But if we only knew that He was the One that set the redemption plan in motion from the beginning of the Fall of Adam and Eve, perhaps we would see Him through different eyes. When Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, we thought God turned from a loving God to a God that was mad at us. If we only knew His gracious heart was to stop Adam and Eve from touching the Tree of Life so that they would not eat of that fruit and live FOREVER in their sin. WOW! Isn't God's heart good? He loves us so..
The best representation of the Father would be Jesus, the Son.
So Jesus explained, "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. ~John 5:19
Jesus always loved no matter the circumstance, or the person. Dining with the tax collectors and prostitutes, calling Judas his friend (though he could foretell what was waiting for him) and healing the leper who would be scorned upon and avoided. This is the Jesus who revealed the Father's heart that never turned away but confronted the hurting, the bad and the ugly with His furious love.
God isn't mad at me. He loves me. More than I will ever know.
This is a mere beginning of my journey of discovering the Father's Heart and Love anew...will you join me?
Keep reading and we'll exchange notes soon..
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