"You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, 'Papa! Father!' Doesn't that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child?"
I think the reason Paul uses the imagery of mother and not father is I'm not sure that I've ever had this type of intimate conversation with my dad, or with my children for that matter.
I was raised by a single mom. Although she worked all the time as a waitress at a country club, she still made time to care for our home AND for us. Intimately. My dad just worked.
This father's day, I'm turning over a new leaf. Most non-Lutheran people who find out that I'm a pastor call me Father. I need to find balance between being a father and a Father.
If I'm not blogging, it's because I'm off enjoying my kids, camping or hiking or reading. Whatever will connect me intimately to them (and to their mother).
Intimate conversation. Makes you think differently about prayer.
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