God as Father

We all grieve over the illness of someone we love; yet, little do we think of God Who grieves for us, if we get sick or broken by a weakness… “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick” (John 11:3). God loves us. I am speaking of this affection that unites us in Him as relatives, as a family, and as the people of His household. It grieves God that we often forget that He is our Father Who is ever present with us. Our parents teach us, from an early age, to pray: “Our Father Who art in heaven…”. However, what we utter as children with confidence and enthusiasm, and what we continue with, if we keep our childhood to the end, most of us have not allowed it to take us to the depths it requires. God is not our Father merely in joyful circumstances, but in many other circumstances as well, in grief and illness… What does your father who loves you do at the time of your brokenness? God's actions are greater! Be of good cheer and see!