THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER AND HIS CHILDREN

I remember the last time I took my daughter to Great America. It was the Fright Fest. I really didn't care about that. I was just so excited to be spending time with my little girl. She is getting older (almost 19 now) and she is so independent. I remember when she always wanted to be with me. But it's just a part of growing up. Eventually our children develop their own values, principles, habits and friends as they move on into adulthood. And your relationship with them takes on a different structure. There are times when you wish you could have the old times back. I remember when my daughter was 8 years old, I used to take her to work with me in Chicago on the weekends. We would either ride the train in together or drive in. All that day while I was working I remember she would constantly run to my desk to show me something she just did. "Daddy, Daddy!! Look at what I did!!" I was always so excited to see what she had for me. Those were wonderful times. I do miss them.

Just like our Father in heaven watches us grow up in the Lord from the first time we came to Him as babes in Christ and we went to Him with everything. When we read a complete book of the Bible we told God. When we led our first person to Christ we told God. When we resisted the urge to sin we told God. We were so excited and when we matured in the Word we began to get busy with "things" in life and we stopped talking with Him as much. But God still longs to have a relationship with His children He loves so much. He misses the times we spent with Him in the middle of the night and at all times during the day. He longs for use to come to Him about everything that concerns us. But we treat Him like an ATM, only going to Him when we need something or when we're in trouble.

Let's get back to our relationship with our Father! He wants to hear from us. Let's get back to talking with Him everyday. Renew your relationship with God and He will renew everything within you and take you to a new level!

God bless you!
Robert T Sells

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About the author: Robert T. Sells (aka The Anointed Poet) is the co-owner, with his wife Marlas, of Words of Inspiration Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. He is known for his gift of prose and has been spreading the message of the Gospel through poetry and song around the country. Sells is also the author of several books in the Words of Inspiration poetry series and a Christian spoken word CD. For more information about his ministry or to purchase products and/or services, visit him on facebook at www.facebook.com/anointedpoet.