What He Asked
This morning as my dad was leaving for the store, he told my little brother Ben to play big Legos while he was gone. He told him he wouldn't be gone very long and when he got back Ben could show him what he'd made. After he left, I was working in the kitchen when I heard one of my 7 year old brothers talking with enthusiasm. "Ben! Ben! We should build a big tower! Then when Dad gets back he'll be impressed!" This statement made me sad as I realized how much my little brother has yet to learn about our dad. You can't impress my dad. Big and splashy doesn't turn his head, a good performance doesn't bring his praise, but I know he loves me. Whether I'm good or bad, seem to succeed or fail, he loves me just the same. Why? because I'm his child. I am continuously grieved as I see this same lack of understanding about our Heavenly Father in my fellow brothers and sister in Christ. So many Christians are still spending their liv...