Conversations with Daddy
The Understanding of Identity and Relationship
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November 27, 2013
Good morning. I’m sorry about not meeting or wanting to meet. Sometimes I just get tired of talking about me. And I can’t imagine how you don’t get tired of talking about me. Not the way that sounded, but don’t you get tired of talking to me? I keep expecting you to run out of things to say, and that’s not happening.
Jo, you don’t have to be here if you don’t want to be. It’s a choice, remember?
Yes, I know. But I need to be here.
Well, that I know. But you still have a choice. I’m not going, and I can’t MAKE you come every day. But the benefits of coming surely outweigh the inconvenience you feel of getting up early each morning.
Yeah. And I feel bad about rolling over at the right time and STILL not getting up until now…
Don’t worry about that. You will decide what you think is best for you each morning. I know that we’re going to miss some days for various reasons. But guilt should not drive you here, LOVE should.
Yeah, I hear that. I’m sorry.
For what?
For love not driving me here every day. Some days it DOES feel like obligation, but other days it’s that I’m so excited about our time and just longing to get down here and talk to you!!
I know. And THAT’S what I want EVERY day…but I can’t make you do that. It’s all on you and how you feel about and view this relationship.
Got it. It’s on me. I have to work on it—not in a WORK kind of way. But our communication depends on our relationship—and that’s on me. I get ya.
Good. I love you.
I know. I love you, too! But you love me more!
Yes, I do!
You have big plans for today?
Just shine today. Shine my light wherever you go. I long for people to feel My love and see how present I really am.
Okay.
You were going to ask me about someone…
Yeah, but I forgot who. I know I have to give something to my friend next week…
But we’ll do that next week. You need to be praying for her in the meantime.
Okay, I will. More than I am now. All my friends, really. I need to get better. Hmm...God is there anything else that you want to say about anyone?
My mind and my heart are set on everyone. I love my people. Whether they obey me or not. My love abounds, and I want them all to come home and feel the fullness of me and my presence. I want everyone to feel my love. It’s for all people. But my children won’t listen and come to me and seek me. Those who follow me don’t seek me to learn and hear my voice for wisdom and for counsel. So they don’t talk and witness to others and tell them about my love because they’re not experiencing it themselves.
If I’m not exciting to people, if they don’t let themselves experience my love and my grace and my forgiveness, then they’re not driven to tell others of my goodness, my faithfulness, my love and my mercy. My own people are selling me short.
Experience me so you can share me. I’m not to be kept for yourselves; I’m to be shared with others. With ALL. I want ALL my children to be saved, not just the select few who want to keep me a secret for the people they like and think “look” the part of a believer. My children are dying with no knowledge of not just ME, but of ALL that I entail. My faithfulness, kindness, forgiveness, laughter, joy, true, unconditional love. I WANT MY CHILDREN!
I need my people to stand up and speak out. Not judge the masses, but LOVE the masses. I want my children to COME HOME! They’ve been gone and astray too long. I want my babies back in my arms. I miss my children.
Go and find them. Bring them home. Set the church on fire. Tell them what I’m saying. Tell them to refocus and remember what they’ve been commissioned to do. Tell them to set their hearts on fire again for me and not let it burn out. Tell them to catch others on fire so they can live. Tell my people. I want my kids back. Get to work. Let your light shine and work for me.
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About the Book
In any relationship, there’s dialogue, conversation, communion, and fellowship. Our relationship with the One who created us is no different. Just as a baby learns to communicate, so must we learn how to talk and hear the voice of our heavenly Father. Follow along on Mary Jo’s journey from the “baby steps” in conversation to the plans for life and ministry in detail.
This lifestyle is for you too. Find your voice and the ability to hear your heavenly Father speak to you. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been since you’ve spoken, how far away you feel from His presence, any of your past scars, or any of the things you may have done or had done to you—Daddy God just wants relationship with all of His children.
About the Author
Mary Jo Mayes is a passionate follower of her Lord, Jesus Christ, a devoted wife, and an encouraging mother of four children. Her greatest passion is seeing others come to know Jesus and seeing them learn about and grow in their gifts from the Holy Spirit. Mary Jo is a “connector.” She digs deep into her own relationship with God, learns from experts in the field, and then seeks to connect others with resources and inspiration for their journey. She is called to the ministry of empowering children, beginning with her own, whom she home schools and mentors in their spiritual gifts. She has taught in children’s ministry for several years and now leads the youth ministry along with her husband, at gateway:61 in the St. Louis metro area.