Are you like your father? Well, I know that, in many ways, I am. I think it is very evident for people who know both my dad and I to see that we are related… father and daughter even. I recall a teacher I had all the way through school who has known me and my parents since I was six months old, (and I’m 25 years old now), telling me on one occasion that I remind her of my dad. Since I was little, my dad and I have always been very close. We both love to sing and like similar types of music, and we both enjoy corny clean comedy and often say the exact same thing at the exact same time. I remember that one time, we both forgot the lyrics to a song and remembered them again at the exact same time. We can have full conversations made up almost entirely of inside jokes, and no one around us has any idea what we’re talking about. It is pretty funny, but I’m sure it’s frustrating for those around us. We don’t intentionally leave others in the dark, but we get talking about something that we are reminded of in conversation, and we’re off—in our own little world it seems. I talk to my dad a lot, and I ask him for advice when I need to as well. We have a very close relationship.
Why in the world blog about this? Well, for Christians, I believe that there is a very important question that can be asked through a story such as this—are you like your Father? Am I like my Father—my Heavenly Father? When people look at or talk with you or I, do they see our Heavenly Father in us? Are our words like our Father’s? Are our actions like our Father’s? Do we have a very close relationship with our Father? What Godly qualities do you and I possess that would cause others to tell us that they see our Heavenly Father in us? Howe can we grow closer to and be more like our Heavenly Father? If you are God’s son or daughter, are you like your Father?
