A Heart's Cry

Tammy's Reflection:

As I wrote in my previous posts, I used to struggle with the concept of God as Father since my earthly Father was not available to me because of His own brokenness and alcohol addiction.

On my path to healing that deep wound in my heart this was one of the songs my heavenly father used to heal me.

I still connect to this song. The man who sings this song was given up for adoption by his earthly parents. He knows first hand how it feels to be rejected. Maybe that is why it is so powerful when he sings.

I pray that anyone who feels rejected and abandoned in this world by their earthly family would grab on to their Abba Father God and that he would heal the broken places in your soul. He did it for me and I know He will do it for you.

I have seen many hearts healed by the Holy Spirit. It just takes one step to open the door and pray. God is not mad at you. He is madly in love with you. You are his beloved child. If you are listening and reading this maybe it is God by His Spirit gently drawing you.

Will you come?


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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:18

There are many ways to become an orphan. Some children become orphans when their parents die. Others become functional orphans when their parents divorce. Other people become orphans as a result of their parent's emotional unavailability.

Anyone who has been neglected, abandoned, or abused by people who were important in their life will appreciate what it is like to be an orphan.

It is a painful and lonely experience. Orphans doubt their ability to sustain intimate relationships and find it difficult to trust others.

Experiences of abandonment leave us full of loneliness, fear and self-loathing.Jesus understood the acute pain that orphans experience. In this text he responds to that deep pain with a promise of relationship.

"I will not leave you as orphans,"

Jesus says, "I will not abandon you. You will not be without family because I will come to you."

In Jesus we see most clearly that God is attentive and available to us when we feel abandoned or neglected.

God respects our needs and responds to our desires for relationship.

God calls us out of the brokenness and dysfunction of our very personal orphanage into the community and fellowship of God's family.
We are no longer orphans. We are God's children.

Lord, I know about being an orphan.

I know about abandonment.

Thank you for understanding my fear of separation.

Thank you for understanding my need for your presence.

Come.

Be present today with me.

I want to spend time with you.

Amen.