Trust

I thought I would continue with the marriage and family thread. Last Sunday in church, the pastor that was visiting talked about Fathers and Daughters … basically, healing the father/daughter wound. There were so many things that he said that made me reflect on.

For his research, the pastor acknowledged that he had no clue about what daughters need from fathers, but since he was married to a daughter, he chose to study her. His stories about coming to the realization that not only was he married to an earthly daughter (his father-in-law’s), but that he was married to a daughter of the King made me laugh, mostly because God’s been talking to me for the last few months about living in that role.

One thing that he mentioned that made me really stop and take notice was a few words that his wife said to him … she said, “I don’t always trust you, but I trust your relationship with God.” I have to be able to say that about the man I marry. I have enough trust issues as it is, so if I can look at him and say that I trust his relationship with God (my Father), then I know that I can respect and trust him no matter where we go or what we do.

So, thanks to him, the picture of the man that I’m holding out for becomes a little clearer.

Will write more on what I learned later.