Love That Doesn't Fall Short

With so many self-help books and quick fix or 7 steps to something betters out there, it is no wonder that we have issues with who we are. It’s as if it is assumed that what we are is bad or unacceptable, automatically.

Only our Father has the capability to love us behind our inabilities. What we see as shortcomings, he sees as opportunities to show us what we can do with him. What we see as set backs, he sees as opportunities to teach us persistence and grow in resolve. What we see as failures, he sees as opportunities to teach us humility. What we see in ourselves as ugly, he sees as his beautiful handiwork.

Because he looks at us through eyes of love, he will always see us as his children. Scripture says that we are, “wonderfully and perfectly made..” However, it seems that we were perfectly made imperfect, on purpose. We weren’t meant to fix ourselves. What we think needs to be fixed is probably not where we are really lacking anyway. I think it is our imperfections that makes our Father love us even more because they are chances for him to step in and “Father” us… to protect us, to guide us, to teach us. He's like a patient father watching his independent, strong-willed child struggle with opening a jar, and then after a long period of time, saying, “Now, will you let me?”

By accepting our imperfections, shortcomings and less than model perfect bodies and less than genius minds, we are accepting our true selves and celebrating the Father's fingerprints in our lives. Then, we can sit in his lap, put our arms around him and say, “Daddy, I need you,” and know that he will always return our embrace, even when we’ve sinned, even when we’ve failed, and especially when we have felt rejected by everyone else. There is nothing on the market that can match that kind of love because we will always be the beloved children of the all-powerful Father.