Author	Thread: Fathers Love
Admin	Fathers Love Posted : 13 Dec, 2009 01:33 PM What is your greatest experience in the Fathers Love? Post Reply
View Profile History	Fathers Love Posted : 13 Dec, 2009 01:46 PM dear river, when out singing and speaking the word to others.. by bringing a blessing to others is when i feel the most blessed.. and feel the FATHERS love the most.. ole cattle Post Reply
Tarasye View Profile History	Fathers Love Posted : 13 Dec, 2009 02:56 PM I think I feel the Father's love the most when He uses you to be a miracle for someone else. One day a Supervisor sent us an email forward at work that he had received from a coworker of ours in Afghanistan. It was pictures of him from overseas. I was touched by this and forwarded them to another coworker in Iraq and said we would sure enjoy getting pictures like this of you. He complied, and we sent those to everyone as well. I then asked the Supervisor if I could take pictures of us at work waving and smiling, and being cheesy back at them to send to them. He thought it was a great idea, and this began a project for me that would take all summer but I had no idea that it would not be ending there. About once a week I would send both soldiers pictures from us, but others wanted the pictures as well, and the Jail was not real keen on the idea of releasing them, as I gave them ownership rights on the project, so instead of releasing the photos, they agreed I could make a full color shift calendar. That was a lot of work that took the rest of the year to accomplish, but I honestly believe the reason for the entire project was yet to be revealed by the Lord in what was to come. Days before Christmas a coworker who had been battling depression went out drinking, and the night ended very badly when he had a car accident. Being intoxicated and in a state of depression to begin with, he could not see past the moment, went home, called a couple people, and took his own life with a firearm. His family was devastated. They did not understand why he didn't call them or leave them a note. I don't think it was ever about them and told them that, but in the midst of it all, one of the very last photos I took was this perfect picture of him in his uniform that just really brought out the person he was. I had it enlarged and framed for his mother, another for his sister and then a third for his grandmother. I think that was the blessing the Lord intended from the very beginning. How could anyone have known that the one perfect picture of him, probably his last ever taken would become such a blessing to those left behind and crushed in the midst of tragedy. Being a Blessing to those soldiers alone would have been enough, but to present the family this gift from all of his coworkers that loved and cared about him too felt powerfully like the Hand of God at work. I think how often we choose not to act toward being a blessing to someone. We choose not to say "Hey you did a great job on that" or "Wow, you look great in that outfit", when it might just be exactly what someone else needs. This project would have been worth all the many, many hours of work, and the cost I put into it for the soldiers alone, for the appreciated getting our gift more than any of us could imagine, but I think when the Lord prompted the first guy to send pictures, He had this end result in mind to bring comfort to those that would be wounded so deeply in the grief of losing someone unconnected to the conflicts overseas completely. I say if you want to feel His Blessing, Be His Blessing. Tarasye Post Reply
View Profile History	Fathers Love Posted : 14 Dec, 2009 04:29 PM My greatest experience in the Father's Love would have to be the last year and a half. I moved to Arkansas from my home state of Louisiana. I had only just turned 19. It was a kind of scary experience in that I felt inexperienced, and frankly... young. During this whole experience, though, God has blessed my with several families that treat me like a son, brother, etc; with the opportunity to be able to help lead someone to Him; with provisions that were set into motion months ahead of time. The list goes on and on. That's not the amazing part, though. The amazing part is that He is consistent even during my failures and rebellion. While I am being the worst "me" I can be, He stays there. Pulls me up. Encourages me. Corrects me. Sends me back in the right direction. Then, He allows that same "me" to bring others closer to Him so that they can experience this crazy love also! To top it all off... He has used this whole experience to help shapen me and to build me up, even when I had no idea what was going on. It's mind blowing... literally. Good topic. Thank you. In Christ Garrett Post Reply
CeceliaRenea View Profile History	Fathers Love Posted : 27 Dec, 2009 07:47 PM My greatest experience in the FAther's love would have to be my entire life adult life. My parents passed away when I was 16 and 17 years of age, and the Lord has been my only father all these years. When I look back on my life and reflect on situations and happenings and how they turned out so fortunate for me against all odds, there is no explanation for it but that God was taking care of me. He always has and always will. There is no greater LOVE. Praise be to God the Father, praise be to God the Son, and praise be to God the Holy Ghost. I can never repay what he has done for me, not only in my salvation, but so much more:yay:. A friend in Christ, Cecelia Post Reply