My Father's eyes

Our Daily Bread
It is a simple song with a simple prayer - Lord, my Heavenly Father, please help me see others through your eyes. See others with the look of love and acceptance just like my Father's Eyes.  It is a powerful prayer on this Father's Day!

Most friends and family don't realize that I never met my biological father. My first stepfather adopted me and gave me his last name. He was married to my mother for about twenty years or so. I never really had much to do with him after the divorce for several reasons that I won't discuss here. I was fortunate over the years to have a couple father figures that I cherished. One of them passed away a few years ago. I didn't hear about his passing until a few months later so I missed the funeral. I hadn't felt like that since I lost my grandfather a few decades ago.

These things are the reason I refer to God as "he" and cherish calling him "Father". I can't believe sometimes that I have the honor and privilege of calling the Creator of Everything (and he is so much more than that) the term "Father". So Happy Father's Day to my Heavenly Father. I love you!

Lord, you are many things to us. Thank you for being our Heavenly Father!

Psalm Sunday
We are winding down our journey through the Psalms. We are looking at Psalm 147 today. It is a beautiful expression of who God is.

Psalm 147

Praise for God’s Care for Jerusalem

1 Praise the Lord!
How good it is to sing praises to our God;
    for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
    he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted,
    and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
    he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
    his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;
    he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
    make melody to our God on the lyre.
8 He covers the heavens with clouds,
    prepares rain for the earth,
    makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the animals their food,
    and to the young ravens when they cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
    he blesses your children within you.
14 He grants peace within your borders;
    he fills you with the finest of wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
    his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
    he scatters frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down hail like crumbs—
    who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!

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Living out of love for God and pleasing Him should be our heart’s desire. - Our Daily Bread