Heart of My Father

This month has been a season of deep learning and gentle growth in my walk with the Lord, but also in the friendships and connections I’ve been building within my class and with staff. I’ve learned so much, and honestly I can still feel myself growing which is both purifying and really encouraging at the same time.

Throughout each week we focused on different topics, including Hearing God’s Voice, the Nature and Character of God, Repentance and Forgiveness, and the Father Heart of God. Across all of these, the consistent thread has been God revealing more of His heart to me especially His tenderness as a Father. Seeing God in this way has caused me to become more reflective about my relationship with Him and more open to how He is shaping me.

One of the biggest shifts this month has been learning to receive God as Father, not just know Him as God. It has changed the way I approach Him, less performance, more honesty, and a deeper sense of closeness and trust.

3 Glimpses of Joy:

Joy in sunrise quiet times and meeting God before the world fully wakes, with golden light and stillness all around.

Joy in the sound of shared laughter: those unplanned moments that fill the room and make everything feel lighter, like joy just spilling everywhere at once.

Joy in the “we’re just grabbing Yo-Chi” run that turns into a tradition. It’s never planned, but somehow it has become one of those small, consistent rhythms of joy in my week.

2 Lessons along the Way:

God already knows everything I’m doing, thinking, and carrying but He still invites me to come to Him and share it with Him anyway. There is something deeply relational about that.

Ephesians 2:4–5 has also stood out to me: God’s love isn’t distant or conditional it is alive, personal, and it lifts me back into life again. It feels like He is continually bringing me back to Himself.

1 Thing I’m trusting God with:

I’m trusting that I don’t have to keep up or figure everything out quickly. God is shaping me at the right pace for me slowly, deeply, and in a way that actually lasts.