Dealing With Your Worries

My Dearest Vera,

We were so worried the other night.

     You seem to feel uneasy throughout your sleep. In a good day, you probably will start hitting the bed at around seven in the evening. But maybe it's our fault that we let you stay up and laugh for almost the whole afternoon; love, your laugh can turn any bad day into a blessing.   We ran out of ways to appease you as you were crying almost every hour. Your mom and I took turns in cuddling you to sleep. We were definitely worried; we don't know what to do. Of course, we cancelled our early morning meeting with our couples' group because we want to be with you. At five in the morning, you had a mild fever. Suddenly, I remember that I need to pray, worrying won't really help especially when there's something we can't do. Our group leader, Anthony, together with the group prayed for you to be well. Surprisingly, you woke up your mom by poking her face and giving her your signature morning smile.

     By the grace of God through prayers, you became well. Love, most of the time, we being human forget that we need not worry about our life. By acknowledging God us the center of our life, we always walk with him. Thus, building a good relationship with him enables us to converse with Him directly and without hesitation. Worrying, most of the time, consumes us that we forget to hold on to a stronger foundation, our faith.

     Later in your life, you'll worry too. I have made it clear in my past letters that you will not live a storm-free life, but a storm proof one – there’s a big difference. But don't let worries sit on your heart for so long, Close your eyes and pray. Prayer is a declaration; it comes from the intentions of our heart.

Your prayer doesn't need to be in a perfect grammar, anything that comes from the goodwill of your heart will do.  When someone says that you just need to recite a prayer from a booklet or a piece of paper that someone wrote, please brush it off - prayer is not a standard spiel. Close your eyes, love. Feel the presence of our heavenly father and speak out... When Jesus died on the cross, he opens up our communication with God directly - that only through Him our prayers will be answered.

     Remember these things, Love. As you grow to your faith you'll probably know more. Our church will be there to equip you as you build your Christian foundation. But, we have a long way to go, my love… a long way to go. Keep the faith.

Love,
Daddy

Valuing Relationships

Dearest Vera,

How are you, Love? 

Last week you eagerly showed me your crawling skills. It’s kind of different than most babies do; you pushed yourself up from the floor and then folded your thighs to an almost kneeling position and then thrust your self to a lying position again. Repeatedly, it’s a reminiscent of how little frogs leap – but you are no frog my love, you’re the loveliest gift from God.

You are different. Everyone is different.

Unique probably is the right word - hackneyed and over used throughout my generation. But love, don’t over value uniqueness just like others did;  that instead of being a cut above the rest, they were instead cut off from the rest, without knowing that the relationship that they should have valued most were destroyed beyond repair.   

Value your relationships more than things. This will enable you to share freely the blessings that God gave you. It is God’s plan to bless you so that you can bless others. In that way, you can testify to His Glory and share the gospel.  Remember what they told you in church? That Jesus went down to have relationship with us. He did not just go down for the sake of seeing the Jews, neither to just enjoy life on earth.  Even His great commission, to make disciples of all nations, was pegged into building relationships.

Your mom and I had gone through many broken relationships – for the reason that we and our friends grew apart as we grow older.  But there’s one relationship that we are currently working together now – and that is to grow our relationship with God.  Unlike any other, this relationship will fulfill great things.
 

I think you’ll never appreciate it until you become a fine lady, but we want to dedicate our lives guiding you with God’s words so that you can endure any storm. Don’t worry; we don’t expect you to see the whole picture now. But reading more of my letters, perhaps, will help you understand our actions and principles in the future.

Loving You Always,

Daddy