“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven…’”

Matthew 6:9

We who believe have the same Father, greater by far than our earthly fathers, whom we admire and thank nevertheless.

Does it make any difference to me if I have a Father in heaven, a Father with innumerable children of all cultures and times, with me there among them?  Whether I truly believe it or not, that does not change the reality.  It is true, we love “Our Father in heaven” and He loves us beyond telling.

The unredeemed know nothing of this reality that binds us believers together in a new body, Christ calls it his Kingdom.

All human institutions will ultimately fade away, meaningless in a way.  The family of God that Jesus is proclaiming will last into eternity – even after physical heaven and earth pass away.

Today is Thanksgiving Day in US, November 24 this year.  What greater offering than to thank God for paying the price for our redemption so that we can be His forever, in his eternal family?

Lord, help me to grasp the wonder of this life of grace, your grace. Accept my feeble thanks for the privilege of being in the most important thing imaginable, your family, where you are our common Father, in heaven.  Praise your name forever.