What is a father?
Can you give me a detailed definition? 'Cause I don't think you can.
Go ask a few people how they would define a dad. I'm guessing some of the answers would go along these lines:
- "Someone who loves and is caring for his child."
- "Someone who is stern and raises his children with dignitiy and honor."
- "A scum bag who doesn't even have the balls to stick around while his wife raises his child."
- "A well-intentioned workaholic who brings home the bacon, but doesn't show the love."
I predict no two answers would be exactly the same.
We're told numerous times that Jesus is our Heavenly Father. The term "Father" is so relative, and naturally, the idea of all of us being unified under one Father is terrifyingly foreign. You can bring in a Bible scholar to analyze the word's context and whatchamahoojit, but the bottom line will always be what was engrained into that scholar's mind; his or her own idea of a father. You following me? If my father is an abusive, alcoholic jerkwad, what am I supposed to think when people tell me Jesus is my heavenly father? If I never confide in my father, why would I confide in a Heavenly Father?
How are we to go about erasing our individual personas of fathers to fully grasp the magnitude of our Heavenly Father? Honestly, It's like forgetting how to ride a bike.
You tell me.
