Power filled Positive Thinking—Chapter 9A- I Am His Child
As I think back over my life, I realize how truly blessed I have been because I was the daughter of Charles William Garner. He had grown up on a poor dirt farm where he had plowed the fields with a pair of mules from the age of 12. This had made him very strong. He had attended grade school in a little one room school. Although he finished high school, he was not very good at reading; so some would have thought him uneducated. I knew better. To this day I am amazed by his wisdom. I never knew a day that he grumbled about how hard he had to work. In fact, he would work two and three jobs to make certain we had all that we needed. Sometimes, he would sleep less than 4 hours a day for months on end and I never heard him say, “I am tired.” It seemed that for Daddy it was a joy to be able to know that we were provided for. He never worried about getting himself a better truck, a nicer pair of jeans. In fact, he would wear his clothes until the holes were too big. He was never proud. Always, he was generous with a hand out to help someone less fortunate. He was a man of strength and honor. I never remember a moment of fear as a child because my Daddy would protect me. He had grown up in a very prejudiced area of the country and yet my father honored all men, ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it and a hand of friendship. Beyond that he stood for justice and what was good and pure.
I don’t remember every hearing my father say, “I Love you”; but, he didn’t have to. I knew how much I was loved by every action he made, every sacrifice he made and that look of pride he had with each achievement of mine. He was a man of few words; yet, I learned so much about God through watching his life.
My father left this earth with a massive heart attack in 1993; but his spirit and his memories live on in me. One day I will see him again as we stand before our heavenly Father.
Which brings me to the fact that in Christ, I am a child of God. I may not be able to always feel God’s presence or hear His voice, but I know how special I am as His child because of all that He has done for me every day of my life.
Ephesians 1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
In Christ, I am God’s redeemed, blessed, beloved, chosen child who has been declared a saint. All of this according to the good pleasure of God’s will. Wow.
Ponder that truth as you listen to this beautiful song. Child of God
©2015 Effie Darlene Barba
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