Nearer, clearer, dearer

Lord Jesus, teach us to live so close to the Father that his love is nearer, clearer and dearer to us than the love of any earthly father. Let our certainty that he hears our prayers be as much greater than our trust in an earthly parent as the heavens are higher than the earth. Show us that it’s only our distance from the Father, so unlike a child’s, that gets in the way of answered prayer, and lead us into the true life of God’s children. Make us like children, as you were on earth. And let every prayer be breathed in faith that the Father’s love, and how ready he is to give what we ask, is far beyond anything we can imagine. Amen.