Imagine, walking through the woods. You feel the wind blowing in your hair, you hear the birds chirping and the leaves crunching under you feet. You smell pine and you smell the fresh dew of the morning rain. You see the large trees sway as the wind blows. You expect it to be relaxing. But your thoughts are filled with worry and doubts. How can you enjoy the beautiful nature when all you can think about, are the lies you have built your foundation on. But when you focus, you can hear another voice in your mind. It’s new, it’s something you are not use to. This voice is different from the ones you have grown so accustomed too. This voice is positive, loving, and inviting. You focus closely to that voice, for the first time the lies you have forced yourself to Love are quiet. And you can start to hear this booming voice of a father. Wow, how amazing is his voice. How much comfort you feel in his voice. This is the first time you feel the relaxation in the woods. You listen to the words the voice is telling you. How precious are your thoughts about me oh God.
How lucky am I to have a loving and powerful father. When times are hard, I can lean on him to help me. When it feels like I’m underwater, he is there pulling me out. When it feel like I can no longer breathe, he is there filling me with his breathe. How lucky am I to have a loving and powerful father. When the enemy is filling me thoughts with doubt and lies. I have a father that takes all those thoughts captive and he fills them with truth. He is the breeze I feel when I look towards the sky, he is the creator of the birds I hear chirping. He is the father I look towards when the people of this world lead me astray. How lucky am I to have a loving and powerful father. This journey is impossible without God. But once you open your hands and ask him to guide you, you feel that you might just make it. That is what it’s like to have a good father. Open your eyes and look at my God! Open your eyes and look at my Father! He wants you just as much as he wants me. How lucky am I to have a loving and powerful father.
-Aaliyah Hassanali
