In today's episode, "I stopped speaking to my Father", I focus on the complexities between children and Fathers. I share my experience of how I was as a rebellious child, how I treated my Father and the reconciliation I had with him before he passed away 17 years ago today. His birthday was on February 18th and we lost him on the 22nd.
We don't only face these challenges with the Fathers we see, but we also become cold and rebellious towards our Heavenly Father we can not see. We become prodigals because we do not have a connection with Him. When I became a Father for the first time everything he told me, showed me, and taught me hit me at once. That is when I realized just how unconditional love was and why I needed to apologize to him for how I behaved when I was younger. I am grateful we spent ten good years rebuilding our relationship, but losing him also led me back to reconnecting with God which is what he always desired for me.
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