Abba, Father & Daddy

When my family gets together, you can bet that stories are going to be told.  I'm not talking about fabrications.    More like, "Do you remember when....?"  Both my mother's side and my father's side of the family love to reminisce.   From the time I was little I especially, liked to hear about Blackie.  Blackie was the dog belonging to my father's neighbor when he was growing up.   My dad's family called their mother "mama" and their father "Daddy".   I hadn't really given that a lot of thought until today.   I guess I get my penchant for formality from my mother's side of the family.  I always like to hear my aunts and uncles talk about "mama" and "daddy".  I didn't get to know either of them very well.  My paternal grandmother died when I was about 9 and my grandfather died when I was about 10 or 11 years old.    My older sister, Lee, remembers them much more as she was able to spend more time with them.

God, our heavenly Father, allows us to call him "Abba Father", which some translate "Papa God".   Galatians 4:6 says:  "And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."  For those of us who are born of the Spirit, God adopted us into His family and He wants us to know that He considers us sons and daughters.   He entreats us to cry out to Him.  Again in Romans 8:15 it says "For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, " Abba! Father!"
In this world we have problems.  Cry out to your Papa God,  He is waiting to hear you.  He will never reject you.