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It Starts With Daddy

by Carmelite L. Price from New Orleans, Louisiana

kingdom, rob me of my purpose or keep loves us and longs for a Daddy/
Daughter relationship with us. He wants
me in bondage.
to erase every negative experience we
Although some of us had daddies that
have ever had and give us an experience
missed the mark, we shouldn’t be too
with Him we won’t ever forget.
hard on them. I have long ago realized
Just like that fateful day was my day,
you can’t expect a person to give what
today can be the day you fully and
they never had. My Daddy was
completely accept the love of God the
repeating what he learned from his
Father. Today it can be settled in your
daddy and your daddy, I am sure was
One day I was reading a book and the
Author, Cindy Trimm made a statement doing the same thing. No statement has heart and your spirit that God wants to
use you, bless you and loves you more
that resonated in my Spirit. She wrote if ever been more true, we learn what we
than you could imagine. His love for
live.
your relationship with your earthly
His daughters is greater than anything
father wasn’t healthy, you would spend
There must be forgiveness. Yes, God
many years trying to wipe the image of wants you to forgive your earthly father we have ever experienced.
your earthly father off the face of your
for what he didn’t do and even for what There are times when life gets really
Heavenly Father. (Trimm, 2011)
rough for me and it’s doing those time I
he did that may have been
imagine myself climbing in the lap of
Just like in my case, I grew up in a two- inappropriate. Forgiveness is not for
God and laying my head on His chest
him; it’s for you. There is absolutely
parent home, but because my Daddy
and just feeling His love for me flow
was out of place, for me relating to God nothing we can do about the past, but
through me. This does wonders for me,
we can do as Paul did, forget those
was very difficult. My Dad worked a
things, which are behind us. Philippians you should try it my sisters. It was life
lot, but when he was home, he would
changing for me and nothing has ever
3:13 NKJV “Brethren, I do not count
call me names that no daughter should
looked the same after that fateful day.
myself to have apprehended; but o ne
ever hear from her daddy. It was
because of that environment, I grew up thing I do, forgetting those things which Even when we mess up, we can still
stand on the promise God loves us and
are behind and reaching forward to
with a distorted view of God.
that’s one thing that will NEVER
those things which are ahead,”
When I first came to Christ, it was hard
change.
Today my sisters God wants you to
for me to accept God’s love for me or
know, though our earthly daddies didn’t For those of you who did have a great
His forgiveness. I had a hard time
daddy, that’s an absolute blessing, but
do all they were supposed for us, God
trusting God; my self-esteem was
almost nonexistent. I did as many young can and will make up for lost time. God imagine this, God is even BETTER than
that. Let’s make up in our minds today
has shown me and wants to show you
women do; I looked for love in all the
to embrace the perfect love of our
how a good Daddy cares for His
wrong places. It took me years to
daughter. God not only wants to be our Daddy God!
realize God loved me, I was not a
mistake, and I was not what my earthly Father, but He wants us to see Him as
~End~
daddy called me. Yes, I had made many Abba Father, which is translated Daddy
God. Galatians 4:6 NKJV “And because
mistakes, but I was still important to
you are sons, God has sent forth the
God, He considered me and had a
purpose and plan for my life. God even Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
called me the Apple of His eye (Psalms crying out, “Abba, Father.
I am not sure how many of you grew up
with your Daddy being the kind of
Daddy that God ordained for your life.
Maybe your Daddy missed the mark,
maybe you never knew your daddy, or
maybe your daddy did and said things
to you that a Daddy just shouldn’t to a
daughter.

17:8). Once I received the revelation of
God’s love for me, I no longer allowed
the enemy to rob me of my place in the

He will never leave or disappoint us. He
wants us to know how very much He