A Message from Abba by Linda Snow
March 1, 2010
While on retreat at Laity Lodge in the Hill Country of Texas in February 1996, I received a message of encouragement from Our Lord. Throughout my life I have experienced times of discouragement and depression. I was in the midst of one of these times when my friend and I set off for our annual church getaway to this most blessed piece of God’s beautiful landscape.
On Saturday, our retreat leader instructed us to take a paper and pen and spend the hour before lunch in solitude with our Lord. I left the Great Hall to spend my time outside on the porch overlooking the Frio River. The trees were bare and the sunshine sparkled on the water. I remember leaning on the rail and asking God to speak to me. Nothing seemed to come to mind and I found myself thinking, God’s probably not going to speak to me.
And then I began to write little bits of what I saw and felt as I moved about enjoying the beautiful day. At the end of the hour, I read the bits I had written and discovered that my Abba (Daddy) had written me a love note—a poem.
Each time I face life’s struggles and challenges, my Heavenly Father is always there to pick me up and love me back to wholeness. A message from Abba is always waiting for us when we turn around and look at the face of Jesus.
A Message from Abba
Experience all the colors of my love,
Flow with me.
Be laid bare like the trees in winter and gain strength through me so you may blossom again.
You must be willing to be set aside and withered like the
the driftwood so you can again shimmer like the water in
sunlight.
Experience life’s contrasts with complete trust in me.
Abide in me.
Die and mourn and laugh with me.
Sing to the world my love song. Sing and joy and dance!
See life and beauty in the dead trees…they are not dead
but gaining strength.
Look above and see me clearly.
Grow lush like the ivy by the water’s edge.
Be still and listen to my voice in the moving stream of life,
and move and laugh and love.
Walk the path with me.
I will guide and guard your steps.
Be thankful for my warm and gentle touch.
Take time to bless and be.
Accept it all.
Accept me.
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