What my Father means to me | Letter

Recently my 10-year-old daughter, Chanelle, was asked by her fourth-grade teacher to write an essay on "What my Father means to me." She became sad and full of tears. The teacher questioned her, only to find out the real sadness in her was about being fatherless. Chanelle remembered what God's word says in Psalm 68:5, "A Father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His Holy habitation."

June 19, 2015 4:53 pm

Recently my 10-year-old daughter, Chanelle, was asked by her fourth-grade teacher to write an essay on “What my Father means to me.” She became sad and full of tears. The teacher questioned her, only to find out the real sadness in her was about being fatherless. Chanelle remembered what God’s word says in Psalm 68:5, “A Father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His Holy habitation.” Being educated in God’s word, since birth, this is the essay that flowed out of her heart and onto the paper:

My Father is a lot different from all the other fathers in the whole world. He isn’t an earthly father. He is my Heavenly Father. His name is Jesus Christ. My Father is always there for me, even in times of trouble. He loves everyone, even though we are all sinners. He will never turn people down. He only builds you up in good things. He is the best Father because He never gives you a spanking for misbehaving. He just says, “I love you!” My father gives us the choice to believe in Him or not. He doesn’t force you to believe in Him. I choose to believe in Him because He loves and cares for me. He died on the cross for all our sins and He forgives us for all of them. He helps us in everything we do. If you are sick or in pain, just ask Him to heal you and He will. Jesus loves you. He even loves you when you do something really bad.

This is an example of being brought up in God’s word daily, in school and at home, instead of relying on counseling, prescription drugs, or worse yet, alcohol!  In Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Prince of Peace.”

Chanelle and I know Jesus Christ is the son of God, our Savior, Comforter and more. He is the answer to all problems. She has peace and understanding that God is her Father and Jesus is her Savior as the Holy Spirit has revealed it to her. Religion can’t claim that kind of relationship with Jesus Christ, but true Christianity can.

I’m very blessed to have been given such a wonderful gift from God, and without her in my life, God would never have found me.

Charla Boucher, Redmond