Perspective

Lately father has been showing me  much my perspective differs from his.

The other day my wife made an interesting observation with our son. He was sitting in the high chair having dinner. My son had just thrown some food on the floor and knowing that he was not supposed to do this he proceeded to cover his face with his hands. When we asked him what he had just done and why he remained silent.

My wife and I looked at each other with a knowing smile. Then my wife had the following word of revelation: It’s the same with us and Our Heavenly Father. We do something we feel is wrong and we just want to hide. All the time Heavenly Father knows exactly what has happened, he sees it and is just looking at us lovingly waiting for us to come and talk to him about it.

The reality for most of us is that we probably have the perspective that God is angry with us and waiting to scold us. Most likely this is the experience between us and our parents. Unfortunately all too often this is the experience my son has with me.

Perspective or should I say heart beliefs provide the foundation from which we view our situations and experiences. Too often I limit my interactions with my heavenly father because of my assumed perspective. I want to be more open every day to receiving the perspective of my heavenly father. I want my heart to be in line with his heart. I want to see the way he sees.

Starting with my inability to parent my son with the same love as my Heavenly Father… I want to know Papa… How do you see me? And how do you see my son in these moments? Open the eyes of my heart to see.