I was three
when my dad moved out. He took "Ringelnatz" the cat, but often left
me waiting in vain when visitation weekend rolled around. I wondered what was
wrong with me. "Deep down inside me there is something hideous," I
concluded, "that makes my father not want to be around me." I really
started believing the cat was more valuable than I and started keeping people
at arm’s length, fearing that they could get to know me well – well enough to
realize that deep down inside me I had a secret hidden flaw that would appall
them. I had translated my father's abandonment as "Something must be wrong
with me". Only when I learned that God the Father, who knows my innermost
being, is not appalled by what He sees and will never leave, was I set free
from this false thinking.
· Read the following promises and write
your response to God your Father:
Deuteronomy 31:6, Matthew 28:20, Hebrews 13:6.
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