An invitation

Something that I have recently discovered is that there is something utterly amazing about the Lord's Prayer that I have never heard mentioned (I am sure countless others have had this epiphany as is this the case with all of my AH HA moments.) There is no doubt that Jesus is giving some much needed advice on how to talk to God, but something that is overlooked and crucial to how is the fact that Jesus is spelling out that we have been invited to talk to God. Not only invited to talk to Him but to go ahead and call Him, Father. This is gigantic in my mind. We are invited to talk to Him as if He is our Dad! Now being a father myself I have come to understand somethings of God that maybe I otherwise wouldn't have. When I look at my kiddos I am filled with a love so strong that I would do absolutely anything for them to not suffer, worry, fear, panic, or any other element to life that is harsh on the insides. I would never want them to sit there suffering without my knowing. As soon as I know, I am doing all I can to alleviate their pain. Honestly it doesn't matter what it is. If it is a stupid mistake that they made I still want to help that pain. I know that pain. I have experienced that pain and it is something I would not my child to think that they have to go through on their own with. So I know the love that a Father has for their child. From the time Silas was born I have wanted him to know that he can trust me, he can count on me. Well I am an unskilled man and I have such love. With the teaching of the Lord's Prayer, we have the same exact thing but from Almighty God. He could have instructed in any way that He wanted to. He could have had a tyrant mindset and proclaim that you address me as "Sir" or the Supreme Almighty Being but He didn't. He instructed us to come to Him and call Him Dad. He encourages us to talk to Him as a child does his father. I am completely imperfect, meaning that I am filled with imperfections, and yet, I want my children to know the love I have for them. The adoration I have when I look at them. I want them to know that their Dad will do anything for them and can be counted on. This is what we have here, Almighty God wants to be called Daddy. He wants to be counted on, depended on, trusted, run to, enjoyed, loved and experienced. He adores me and has invited me to call Him Father. Just as a Silas and Ella call on me, I can call on Him. I can express my needs, ask for help, and know completely that I will not be left alone. I am an unskilled man and would not do that to my children, the One who is from the beginning would not either! There is no method to talking to Him, it is invitation to rest in a father's love and company. He wants us in His company! He wants us in His Family. This truth opens up the door to what to pray, it isn't what, it is the fact that I am invited to do so. I love when I can get the kids talking all about life and what they might neeed or desire. They admit their mistakes, tell funny jokes, ask lots of questions and simply be themselves. Through that I am able to see what they need to learn, how I can teach them, and most importantly just enjoy their presence. I am unskilled man and experience this. I can only imagine how my Father in Heaven feels when I come to Him and do the same. What an invitation!