Dear Father…

I remember the day my little brother ran to you screaming

“Daddy, come pick me up!” with his arms out stretched and his smile wide and right then and there I knew that it was your arms where I should reside

You always provide

You made sure I was fed

roof over my head and clothes on my back

sending me off with a backpack full of hopes and dreams

when streams of tears rolled down my face your shoulders were like soft tissues

every bruise your hands were infused with gentleness and warmth

your arms were like big shields of protection

your words is what led me in the right direction

your stern looks is what gave me correction

your wisdom is like Solomon

your ability to lead like Moses

your faith in God like Abraham

and your capacity to love unconditionally like Christ

For you are the head

the umbrella of the household so when storms come and the house is uncontrolled you are the foundation that keeps a stronghold

a rock unto which I stand

Father

I remember the day my little brother ran to him screaming “Daddy, come pick me up!” with his arms out stretched and his smile so wide and I never thought it would be the day that I would do the same to abide in You

Oh God

I never knew what love was like till I met you

the greatest love story ever told

worth more than gold

In everything you have done

I thank you for your Son

that fed me through the light that He shined through the Sun

because I and my Father are One

there is none like you

a Father to the fatherless

because You never showed me less of what a Father should be so I never had to guess

So I will be the one reaching out my hands to You

screaming “Daddy, come pick me up!”

because you are my Father

and I am the clay

and your hands infused with gentleness and warmth is the work of a potter

and that is sufficient enough.