“I don’t like you, Dad. You’re not good to me today.”
“Oh Really? What’s the matter? What do you like?”
“You don’t allow me to play.”
“Yes. Let’s practice your poem for 10-15 minutes, before you play.”
“No, Dad. I like to play now.”
“Okay. I will let you do whatever you like, guaranteed. But let’s practice, first.”
“You’re real bad now, Dad. I don’t like you.”
He looked around the house, for a while, seeking support probably. Since there’s no one, he turned back.
“I’m sorry, Dad. Let’s practice. But let’s play together when we’re done, please?”
“No, my dear son let us play first. When you’re happy, we’ll practice.”
“Thank you, Dad. I love you!”
You already get it, I hope. By the way, that’s me and my five-year-old son bargaining for a deal. A father would never want to upset their children.
When my children did not liked me for few moments I feel pained, it hurts. I wanted them to like me and enjoy my company as much as I liked them.
In the meantime, I often wanted to say, at least in my mind; I gave up my career to be with you because I love you. I am also human. However, I try my best to not tagged myself with this tagline. A likable dad, I wanted to be.
Many times, we don’t like the company of Jesus Christ in our daily walk of life. We would have our own reasons. We are not free, unable to do what we like. Will our attitude be hurtful? I think so. He laid down His life, in the worst manner undeservingly, for us.
We, as a human, have our own liking. It comes from inside and sometimes out of nowhere. It might not be wrong to say, we like to play it our own way. When things don’t go as we liked, we get upset.
For as long as we can play the way we liked, we tend to forget to talk to our Father, our Heavenly Father. We don’t want to learn lessons, the very much needed lesson, for our future endeavor. We like to avoid teachings as much as we could.
Once our path seems rocky, when we hit some stones on the road, the journey was not smooth anymore. Then we began looking around for help. Still, not willing to submit in His ways, at least for now, we looked around, which is a good sign.
We vent our anger and ire at our Creator; we are not struck dead, right there. When we can express our displeasures in complete sense not trying to cause harm, it can be a huge step for building relationships.
Like the father-son relationship, we could be with our God, who is our Father. The shedding of blood, on the cross, has made us His son. A father seldom do things that will simply hurt their children.
In His abiding grace, He listened to us dearly, waited for us patiently. But what will not serve us good, we did not get. We need to get adjusted or change our approached.
Giving in, letting His ways inside us, would be the first thing to do. It will please our heart in the long-run, beyond the human mind could foresaw.
