𝘉𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯
In so many moments with my family, God speaks to me and lets me glimpse His heart. One of those moments is how my daughter, Soleil, calls me.
Whenever she needs something, she uses a unique way of saying “Daddy” to catch my attention:
“Dad’dddyyy…”
With a high-pitched tone and an elongated emphasis. Just like that, I am caught. And every single time, I can’t resist. That voice is music to my ears. Honestly, I’d move mountains for her when she calls me like that. It’s so unique, so full of confidence, that no one else dares to use it but her.
This made me think of how Jesus taught us to pray. He didn’t say, “Pray to God Almighty” or “Pray to the Creator of the Universe.” Instead, He used the word Abba. In Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, Abba is what little children used for their fathers. It’s closer to “Papa” or “Daddy”—personal, intimate, filled with trust.
That struck me one time during Mass when the priest said before the Lord’s Prayer: “We dare to pray…” I realized the daring part isn’t in reciting the prayer itself. The real daring part is calling God Abba, Father—approaching Him with the same boldness and childlike trust that Soleil shows when she calls me “Dad’dddyyy.”
Oftentimes when I pray, I overlook the weight of the word “Father.” And sometimes, because of my shortcomings as a son to our Holy God, I lose the confidence to approach Him the way Jesus taught us. Yet this is the very invitation: to be daring—to pray with the recognition of our sonship to the Father, and to come before Him like a child to his dad—personal, trusting, and confident.
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