Walking In The Rain

Many of you have seen the recent picture of a father, walking with his son in the rain. It’s a touching picture viewed by millions of people world wide. It conveys that many men can be fathers but it takes a special man to be a dad.
The son does not have rain gear so his father holds his own umbrella over the son and gets socked to the skin in the process. He does it for his son. Interestingly, the women in the picture doesn’t even notice.
God does the same thing for us. In our storms of life, God is there showing us how He is a dad to us and we get to call Him Abba Father. Love is like that. Agape love is like that. God demonstrated His love to us in that while we were sinners, He broached the storm with His Son taking our place.
As I look at that picture over and over I am confronted by the reality of the question that I need to answer. The same question we all ask. Am I a father or a dad? God has asked us to take His place in this world. In doing so, how much of God do people see in us. It’s not what we say that proves we are God’s children. It’s how we model our Father.
Look at the picture, ask yourself the question, and then go and be the child of God, who proves it everyday when no one else is looking.
Something to think about.
Rob