"Our Father": A Most Beautiful Thing
- and allay our anxiety
- as to know that in dealing with our Father,
- we are indeed dealing with a consistent character.
God is not fickle, changeable...
- subject to unpredictable fluctuations of temperament.
Because of this...
- our relationship with Him can be a most beautiful thing.
- There is nothing else to compare with it
- in the whole realm of human relationships.
The day that broken battered boy...
- stumbled up the road toward home,
- he was met with the father's open arms and open heart
- that had never been shut against him.
- Luke 15:11-32
- on a plane far above that of us human beings.
- Not only has He forgiven us our misdemeanors,
- not only does He forget them,
- but He Himself bears the penalty of suffering
- which attends our misconduct.
In every situation of life...
- no matter how unusual or adverse,
- there comes the quiet assurance to my heart
- that I am His and He is mine.
- carries such a happy, contented concept of communion
- between God and man.
Where else can one turn...
- to find words more tender,
- more meaningful,
- more mighty
- in their simplicity than Our Father?
Adapted Excerpt From
A Layman Looks at the Lord's Prayer
By Phillip Keller
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