It's all in a Name

Tonight while driving on my way to visit a friend, minding my business, eyes on the road, a question popped into my head out of the blue. It was, "God, do You like to be called God?" There was no answer, just silence. That word "God" seems more a title then a name to me, at least that is what I had come to lean towards. Then the obvious next question that came to me was, well, "what do You wish to be called?" My mind shot off into the abyss of endless names. The Lord, He has so many names, wonderful names, names that swallow the hearer up in His great attributes, and every name worthy. Then out of nowhere, once again, a question, "do you like to be called Daddy", and immediately I heard "YES", a resounding soul rattling "YES!", "this is what My Son called ME!" My heart began to melt within my chest. Who is this God?  God who wishes to be called by such an intimate name of endearment? What a chord those words struck deep inside my heart." DADDY, DADDY", so wonderful, so safe, so true. The word and name Daddy evoked such pleasure, and in amongst the sounds of the words, I think I saw my Daddy smiling at me, and enjoying how much I was loving the feel of His name. My mouth filled with such a sweet taste from that name that I had to say it over and over and over for some time, it was like honey to me. Wow it was good. I lost track of time, I arrived at my destination long before I realised. Time flys when you are having fun. So...... There you go folks, it's just another name I guess. No, not really, it could be, but it's not.  "DADDY",  it is pleasing, and good, full of His good pleasure. He is waiting for our call to Him, waiting for us to see, that as Jesus did, we also can do. That's speakin truth, with Daddy loving every minute of it. I really think that this evening on my small journey that my Daddy poured His name out to me as a drink of cool water on a warm summers night, and it was refreshing.  And after declaring this truth to myself the rest of the evening fell so easily into place. It was so good to know that I can so please the One I love, and that He never grows tired of hearing me call out His name. Try it out. I can guarantee that the Daddy name is a winner for sure.