So last night we were without power and while I was laying in bed the smell of old/warm food wafted into our room. For some reason it made me think of my old frog’s tank. Thinking of this made me think of a recent adventure my dad and I went on, when I was home, to the fish store when I wanted to turn my frog’s tank for into a large fish tank for my fish (that I randomly bought that day). So we went to the pet store to find a light that doubled as a lid for the tank because I was “clueless.”
Reminiscing on old memories, I remembered how sweet my dad is to always go places with me or work on projects, even when most of them are spur of the moment ideas, regardless of whether he thinks they are fun or not. [Fish tanks, painting my room, food runs, runs to HomeDepot, redoing desks.] But they are moments that have made the best memories.
My dad barely ever complains when I ask him to help or for his advice, he always makes time to do things with and for me. In recent light of me leaving for the World Race, my dad stepped into being my “hands and feet” back at home. He supported me through the stress before leaving, and since leaving he has done way more than I could have ever asked to help out in any and all ways that he can. He is so supportive and is always a solid backbone, even in his sometimes silent opinions. There have been more moments that I can count where he goes above and beyond for our family. While I could continue to talk about how blessed I am to have him as a father, (God knew what He was doing when He gave me my dad), it just adds to my understanding of how amazing my Heavenly Father is.
I realize not everyone has/had a good experience with their earthly father and I know how lucky I am to have the parents I have (because both are amazing-thank you mom and dad!) but how good is it that God, the Father, loves us more than we can comprehend?
My dad’s love, support, provision, encouragement, and company on random trips to wherever, (upon many, many other things), makes it more real that God does all of those things for us, but to an even greater extent than we can think of. God knew our brains, even in their complexity, could not fathom all that He is, so He gave us awesome and loving parents (or parental figures) to show us just a glimpse of His beautiful love for us. To say He is a good, good Father is such an understatement. This experience is redefining the ways I understand and see God and it is so good.
