A Father Daughter Dance

My Dad is so good! I write this with tears of how good my Father is. I am so loved. Just when I had thought I experienced so much love of the Father…he then took me that much deeper. During worship on the second day of training camp I was overwhelmed with an even deeper outpouring of love! Usually in worship or when I sense the presence, I'll tear up. But, no, this time I weeped! My eyes were opened even more to His love and it was so heavy and overwhelming that all I could do was weep and literally cry out "THANK YOU DADDY!!" I have no other words besides "thank you." I wish I could better articulate to you how overwhelming and good this was, and guess what? This love of the Father only gets deeper and more intimately intense as my eyes become opened. I never have to leave this place of being ridiculously loved by my Papa!! I love my Father!! As Father whispers to me how loved I am it just shatters my heart because my only desire is for people to know the love of the father. Not just know it in your head, but in your heart!! I grew up in church my whole life and even taught about the love of God, yet even I had NO idea of the love of the Father. I thought I knew, but I didn't. Now that I know that I know that I know because this encounter is something that cannot be made up, my heart desires for people to know this Love! Not just the orphans, widows, enslaved, poor, or hurt…but for YOU to know, even as you are reading this. I desire for church-ed people to know, too. I desire for people who think they know to truly know how loved they are. When you know how loved you are then you are unstoppable, untouchable, fearless and have nothing to lose because you already have everything….the Love of the Father and that my friends is indeed enough!!

So, you thought you were going to hear stories and maybe details about training camp such as: we are going to Honduras and Philippines and somewhere in Africa, camping in thunderstorms, waking up wet, sleeping on a bus and hiking uphill with our packs, right? Well, that's only part of it. It does not matter where I go and I could tell funny stories all day, but I want to tell you an even greater story that is being written in each of you and myself. It's a story of a Father Daughter Dance! I have been invited to dance with my Father. He leads me and I follow. I step where He steps. This is my desire, to be like Jesus when He said "I only do as my father does and say what he says." NO more holding back! Father is inviting you to dance with Him, to go deeper in love with Him. He wants you to know how loved you are. You are a SON. You are a DAUGHTER! Beloved!!! Open your heart. Unclench your fists and open up to receive! He is so good!! He is so good! I am overwhelmed by His goodness and love! My heart breaks, it breaks for all people and nations to know that they are loved by their FATHER!!! Say yes to the dance! Don't hold back. Be a kid again and just dance with your Dad! He loves you so much! Receive and rest in this love!

This is our team: 6 beloved daughters saying yes to the Father Daughter Dance!