About a month ago as a family we went through the house and cleared away everything related to spiritism ... no matter how small or remote. So yes we are now one of those crazy, extreme, obsessive families that doesn't watch "The Wizard of Oz". (Feel free to poke fun behind our backs - I give you permission.) It was interesting when you got really nit-picky just how much stuff you have that has touches of magic. Especially if you are an individual with a lot of Star Wars paraphernalia! Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
So I told you that story to tell you this story. Mina was a real trooper and didn't baulk and discarding her beloved Lion King DVD as well as other some other DVD's and since then Rebekah and I have been trying to buy her new movies to replace those that she disposed of. On Tuesday we bought Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", which while certainly fanciful wasn't necessarily magical so it met our approval. The movie was a lot of fun. We particularly enjoyed the music.
So I told you that story to tell you this story. I've now got the "Augustus Gloop" song lodged firmly in my head and it absolutely refuses to leave! On the DVD there is a feature where you can learn to do the Oompa Loompa dance that is choreographed to the music! Bonus!
I have a talk tonight, "How To Strengthen A Marriage". Last night I did some research for it. I'm thinking that I'm going to go a different route then the typical way these types of talks are developed. I'll transpose my notes into a blog entry later ...
But I did want to share this little bit of a thought:
God revealed himself to Moses as Jehovah. (Exodus 6:3)
Jesus revealed Jehovah as our Heavenly Father. (Matthew 6:9)
The holy spirit revealed our Heavenly Father as abba - Dad or Papa (Romans 8:15)
I was considering the progress of our relationship between ourselves and our God.
In the beginning we may know of Him as some extract concept, God.
In time we learn that he has a unique name, Jehovah and He becomes more personal.
We make progress in learning about Jehovah God but there is still room to be made.
From there we can begin to consider Jehovah as our Heavenly Father.
At this point just as it becomes unnatural for us to address our earthly father by his name we can't help but to address Jehovah God as "Father" - the way Jesus encouraged us to.
And yet there is room for even more growth.
Through a spirit of adoption we are brought into such a relationship that we relate to our Father by the tenderest of familial expressions - dad, daddy, papa.
How lovely to have that kind of relationship!
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