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Excerpt from the book:
No one is loved fully in any human relationship. This is a normal flaw of the human condition. And it’s the source of much of our anguish. It’s why Jesus told us to forgive seventy times seven times (see Matthew 18:22); in other words: more than we think is enough. And sometimes we have to do this repeatedly—even daily—with the same person!
Therefore, because we project onto God what we’ve learned from humans, it’s difficult (though not impossible) to fully believe that God loves us completely in every possible way despite our own flaws. It’s especially difficult if we hold within us any misconceptions about how safe God is.
If we fear him at all (speaking not in the biblical sense of the word “fear,” which by definition is a very humbling awe of God)—if we fear God for any reason, at any moment, this is a red flag alerting us to our need to discover more about how safe God really is. If we’re afraid of being disappointed by his handling of our prayer requests or if we’re afraid we’re not good enough to receive his doting, fatherly love, we need to open ourselves to what it means to be “safe in God.”
Nancy’s story
… Nancy says, “One of the big reasons why I struggled to believe that Father God loved me was because I had asked him to heal my six-year-old niece Shelley, my Mom, and even my ex-husband Buck. I yearned for them to be healed and live. But all three times, God said, ‘No,’ at best, but worse, I thought he didn’t even care enough to hear my cries. They all died! I was devastated.”
But then one day as she turned this over to Jesus, he impressed upon her: “Nancy, the goal of life isn’t about living a long life on this side of Heaven. The goal is to get on the inside of Heaven’s gate. Your loved ones were each asked, and they all gave me their yes to coming Home. They all knew you wanted them to live, and they did live and are alive here and now. Remember, the Kingdom of Heaven is here and now. They are still with you.”
Nancy explains how this healed her: “Since I believe in life after death, the sting of their death was healed by this realization. Of course, it didn’t happen in a day. But over time it did help the healing process.”
Your story
Let’s look at how safe you feel with Father God. Are you able to imagine yourself sitting on his lap? When you pray, are you able to imagine being warmly embraced by him? If not, then the goal of my book is to make it possible. Otherwise, the goal is to identify any remnants of fear, because perfect love casts out all fear, and God wants you to know that he loves you that much.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18 NIV)
This scripture explains that God, because his love is perfect, drives out fear. He drives it out! He does not use the fear of punishment to convince us to change from sin to saintliness. Let that sink in. This is not what we instinctively believe because every good parent punishes their children when they misbehave.
It’s true that we do deserve to be punished for our sins, but Jesus took our punishment for us when he allowed himself to be crucified for our salvation. If we accept his sacrifice as a gift, then we need to realize what Jesus hopes we’ll do with the gift. He wants us to live in the freedom that his sufferings obtained for us: freedom to be fully loved, freedom from the fear of punishment, and freedom to enjoy Abba as the wonderful Father that he truly is….
The Father’s Heart
A do-it-yourself guide to heal your father wounds through the love of Father God
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