As a new believer, I struggled to grasp the Fatherhood of God. At that time, my understanding of fatherhood was shaped by pacification; the idea that love primarily soothes, comforts, and protects from discomfort. But as I journeyed with God, I discovered something far deeper: His love and Fatherhood are not rooted in pacification but in formation. And formation involves the rod.
The rod is not punishment.
It is the outgrowing of entitlement.
It is the pruning of coping mechanisms and the dismantling of the safety nets we’ve built to survive.
And what a discovery this was.
As a mother, I expected God to parent me the way mothers often do; nurturing, accommodating, soft. Little did I know that His love includes correction, alignment, and the tearing down of false structures I had unknowingly trusted more than Him. Combined with a lifetime of broken fatherhood on earth, this meant I needed to be reintroduced to Fatherhood the way God defines it. And the Holy Spirit became my Teacher. It has been a journey of both tears and laughter.
This book, Let There Be Light: Fatherhood, was written after encountering the Father, truly. And I dare say this with my whole heart:
the only way to heal our orphan spirits and our father wounds is to be reintroduced to the Father by Jesus Christ.
He does not just save us, He restores us to a Father.