All of us have different experiences with our dads. But what unites us is the need that’s woven into our souls – the need to be loved, and treasured, and noticed, and accepted by our father. No matter how defiantly we may try to dismiss the craving that’s in our hearts for af ather’s blessing, we still need it. Deep down we all simply must have it.
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*Not Forsaken: Finding Freedom as Sons & Daughters of a Perfect Father by Louie Giglio
Released: May 7, 2019
Publisher: B&H Books
Page Count: 256
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This may be a sensitive subject for some but I believe it’s an important one for us to discuss. None of us were raised by perfect fathers whether they were present or not. We are all sinners, and sinners sins. In Not Forsaken, Louie Giglio unravels some of the undiscussed topics surrounding fathers and fatherhood.
So how do we uncover the wounds and find healing for our souls? To get past our wounds we have to first stare them in the face and admit how they have made us feel. We have to aknowledge the truth of our pain…Healing comes as we consider another’s wounds – namely, the wounds of Jesus…”He was pierced for our transgressions…”
We can’t allow the discomfort of what has happened to keep us from moving forward. Our heavenly father is not the same as our earthly father. While we can choose to get to a place of reconciliation with our earthly father, it should not keep us from right now in this moment allowing a Father who has always loved us at arm’s length. Through personal experience, through others’ stories, and through Scripture, Louie Giglio shares of the true character of the God we call Father.
About the Author:
Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Founder of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Since 1997, Passion has gathered collegiate-aged young people in events across the US and around the world. Notably, in 2017, more than 55,000 students gathered for Passion 2017 in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome for one of the largest Jesus-focused collegiate events in history. In addition to the collegiate gatherings of Passion Conferences, Louie and his wife Shelley lead the teams at Passion City Church, sixstepsrecords and the Passion Global Institute. Louie is the national-bestselling author of Goliath Must Fall, The Comeback, The Air I Breathe, I Am Not But I Know I Am, and Indescribable: 100 Devotions about God & Science. He is widely known for messages like Indescribable and How Great is Our God. An Atlanta native and graduate of Georgia State University, Louie has done post-graduate work at Baylor University and holds a master’s degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Louie and Shelley make their home in Atlanta.
With new sight and new blessing, you have a greater ability to understand your dad. Maybe you father didn’t pass the blessing down the tree because he had no idea how to do that. Or maybe when he lashed out at you, he was trying to work through all the blows that had been inflicted on him…Our job is not to psychoanalyze or counsel or even confront all the demons that might be in our dad’s past. Our role is to see him as a human being desperately in need of a father’s blessing and to recognize that we can offer him the blessing he’s never known.
His ultimate promise is this, “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you” (John 14:18). Receive it and breathe it in. Live it and reflect it to the world…You are His light shining like a city on a hill, bringing Him glory as you grow up to be like Him.
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