Inspired by lyrics from “Father’s Day” by Johnsmith:
In my heart, I hear my Father say that He loves me.
God, my Infinite Father, hears my every prayer and answers me in perfect ways.
In my heart, I hear my Father tell me that He loves me.
So, now, I try to say “I love you,” every chance I get.
Responsive Reading for June 16
“I praise you, God my savior!…. You have preserved me…. You have rescued me according to your abundant mercy …. I called out: LORD, you are my Father, my champion, my savior!…. Then the LORD heard my voice, and listened… and preserved me in time of trouble” (Ben Sira 51).
The whole business of my Lord, the Father in me, is to care for me, to love me with an everlasting love, to note my slightest cry, and to rescue me.
“I called to him …. God did hear and listened to my voice in prayer.
Blessed be God” (Psalm 66:17-20).
God, my Infinite Father, hears my every prayer and answers me in perfect ways.
“When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you…. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him” (Mt. 6:6-8).
“Like rain falling gently upon fallow ground. I felt the fields of my heart turn green on those few small words my father said to me.” In my heart, I hear my Father tell me that He loves me.
God’s word to Isaiah: “Here I am! Here I am!… Whoever invokes a blessing in the land shall bless by the God of truth; … Before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall pasture together…. None shall harm or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the LORD” (Isaiah 58).
“It’s funny how a few small words can run so deep, make a baby smile, make a grown man weep.” So, now, I try to say ‘I love you’ every chance I get.