This past Sunday I was sitting in a local restaurant with my family eating after Worship Service as custom and recovering from preaching the Gospel. A family enters in and sits directly across from us and immediately a young boy no more than 6 or 7 years old grabs my attention merely by his appearance. I look at Him and instantly in my head I'm trying to figure out where I know this little rascal from, I glance at his mother, nope she doesn't look familiar.. look at his Grandmother and Grandfather.. I'm still drawing a blank... where do I know this kid from??? Being shy is something that I have never been, therefore I got up out of my booth and approached the family to bring resolve to my suspicion of knowing this kid. The closer I get I realize.. I do know this little rascal, this has got to be D.O.C's son, because he looks just like His Daddy... I tell the whole family, excuse me I know that you don't know me, I know this may be strange and I hope that I'm not wrong, but I have a friend that looks like he could be this child's father.. What is his fathers name.. The mom Smiles and says D.O.C is his daddy!!!! She says how do you know have you seen him before and if so then where, I said never seen Him before, but I have spent so much time with His daddy, that I knew that Had to be his Son!
Spiritual Nugget found in this experience:
When People look at you, Do they see your Heavenly Father?
Who can recognize who you are, where you come from and what you represent simply because when they look at you they see your heavenly Father in you? When people who don't know you have an encounter with you at some point your Father should ooze out of you so much that your identity becomes wrapped up in Him.
Pastor's Prayer:
God help me to be like D.O.C's son and resemble my heavenly father so much that people are drawn to me not because of my education, charisma or anything else except the fact that they can see my father in Me. Amen
Pastor Cory L. Hughes
