Paul writes: 'Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'' The Spirit enables intimate relationship with God.
My father was cold. Demanding. Critical. When I read 'Abba, Father,' I couldn't feel the intimacy Paul is describing. I couldn't imagine crying out to God with that closeness. God felt like the judge, not the father.
Healing meant learning to let the Spirit cry 'Abba' through me. At first it felt forced. But gradually, I began to experience God's fatherliness. His affection. His delight in me. Not because God changed, but because I'm finally encountering him through the Spirit instead of through my father's brokenness. Now when I cry 'Abba,' it's genuine. It's intimate.
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