A child of God

At church the past couple of weeks we have been doing "soul shifts." The one that has resonated with me in a big way is the shift from being a slave to a child. I have been a slave to my past for so long. Things that have happened to me which were out of my control have led me to question myself in so many ways. Then as I began to know Jesus I started to see that his unconditional love is all that I need to know that things are going to be okay. Since becoming a Christian I always prayed on my knees like I was praying up to God...and now I can close my eyes and envision myself sitting on Jesus' lap and talking to him like a child talks to their father. He loves me more than any earthly person could and because I am moving from a slave to a child of God I am seeing him in a whole new light. I want to fall deeply in love with God more so than I am now....I want to pursue him and I want him to pursue me. I am falling for a God that loves unconditionally and delights in our conversations rather they are about daily events or life's worst moments...he is there holding onto me! Next time you pray imagine sitting on Jesus' lap and imagine your prayer being a conversation between a father and a child. This has made me look at God so much different and because of that I feel more like his child then I ever have before.