We’re hosting a Thanksgiving dinner Sunday night and my son, Will, really wants to have a fire in the fire pit. It’s no problem, except that it’s supposed to rain later this afternoon (Saturday) and our firewood will get wet. He wasn’t deterred. We’ll just throw a tarp over it to keep it dry. He’s mentioned it 3-4 times over the last few days. It finally sank into my rock brain that he really wanted this fire to happen. Then I wanted it to happen for him. He wanted it so much that I wanted it just as much for him. A father wants to give good things to his children, especially good things they want. Sometimes I have to get beyond my own laziness and selfishness to get it done, but you know what? As a Christian, you have a Heavenly Father who wants to grant all of the desires of your heart and there’s not a microscopic iota of an ounce of selfishness in Him nor the lack of resources and power to make it happen.
We just have to ask.
Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady 