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Abba! Father!

Here is something you should all know about me by now. I LOVE worship songs. I love songs. Period. But the ones that make my hands turn up to the Lord are my favorite. This Advent season, I've got a new one!

Parents: if you do not have your children listen to Slugs and Bugs; please change that. They have fun/crazy/silly songs and 4 straight up - sing the bible - CDs. I am a new owner of their Family Christmas CD and I have had one song on repeat for 2 days.

Ready for the lyrics? They are simple: Galatians 4:4-7 (here's a link to song snippets from the CD - you want song number two for a one minute clip which will leave you wanting more! https://slugsandbugs.com/products/sing-the-bible-family-christmas)

When the fullness of time had come,
God sent forth his Son, born of woman,
Born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law,
so that we might receive adoption as sons
and because you are sons...

God has sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts,
crying "Abba! Father!"
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, [crying Abba! Father!] and
if a son, then an heir through God.

Can I unpack that a little?! My brain and heart have somehow missed these verses on many Bible reads, but listening to this voice sing out "Abba! Father!" I suddenly found something.

Why do we worship? Why does my heart sometimes want to explode out of my chest when I sing to God? Why do I know that when I sing Scripture, I sing Truth (it's kind of a silly question because of course it IS truth, but there is a difference when I sing it verses read it in my head)? Why do I feel like sometimes, through song, there is a direct connection with the Holy Spirit in me and my heavenly Father?

Because "God has sent the Spirit of his son INTO OUR HEARTS CRYING "'ABBA! FATHER!"'And do you know what it means to be in tune with that Spirit? The Holy Spirit? That sometimes, when we sing out, our voices are echoing what our hearts are already doing. Our hearts are always calling out to God; because we belong to him. Just as our children cry out to us for the good and the bad; our hearts are in tune to calling out to God. We just don't always pay attention to the connection. The kicker about that is our heavenly father is a much better listener and empathizer with His children (us) than we are here on Earth. I sometimes half-heartedly listen to my son when he has something to tell me. I'm distracted for all kinds of unimportant reason. God isn't distracted. He sent us Jesus; and then the Holy Spirit so we would have a rescuer AND a way to communicate with Him directly. God doesn't have a smart phone or a to-do-list that goes first. YOU go first.

So, friends, I encourage you to simply lift your hands and cry out "Abba! Father!" and let the Spirit that lives in your heart have a conversation with your heavenly father. He's waiting for you to find the connection!! He took you out of slavery and sent His son to die on the cross so you could have it...

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