Sitting with me

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"I'll sit on his sunlight as long as he's sitting with me" 

At the beginning of the summer I had one of the realist conversations ever with my dad and for the first time I was really listening. He talked about how I had been running from where God was calling me to for so long, trying to please everyone but me. He said "just be Creseida" you know that in 22 years of life that no one had ever told me to do that? 


"As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him." Psalm 103:13


I'm very blessed I have two fathers, I have my real earthly blood dad and then I have God. God is like a father, tender and compassionate. Not every child is blessed to have a relationship with their earthly father but I'm very thankful that I have had my father. Make no mistake though just because you don't have a relationship with your biological father doesn't mean God is not there. God offers himself to us, to be the father you never had. 

As I look over my life I've been left out so many times because I've made a choice  to put God number one in my life. My dad has been one of the few that said it was okay. My dad is a tough but mild man. He always puts our best interest at heart even if it sometimes feels like he is being too hard. My dad will always be the number one man in my life. He's going to be the most honest with me even when I feel like everyone else is just faking it. When I pray about my someday husband I pray for the qualities that I have in my dad. He such a man of standard. He set the tone at a very early age for what I as a young woman should expect in my relationships with future men, and I have heeded that. 

So this blog is dedicated to my dad. My main man since I was born and I thank you for that. I thank you for being my golfing buddy and one of my biggest and proudest supporters alongside my mom. I thank you for showing me what a great leader looks like. I thank you for pushing me and most importantly for sitting with me. I love you! 

To my readers this blog was another one that I wanted to challenge you to go and seek out your father  and if you don't have a relationship with him go seek God. He's longing for that relationship with you. He's always going to be there to heal your heart. He loves you like crazy. 

God led God fed,
Creseida G 

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