This article is used with permission by Kathy Carlton Willis Communications.
I Look Like My
Daddy
by Anita
Agers-Brooks
I
am illegitimate, but I am not an accident. And no matter how you came to
exist, neither are you.
I
was forty-six years old, when through a dramatic series of events, I found
out Dad, the man who raised me, isn’t my biological father. My identity is surrounded by
mystery, but I know exactly who I am.
In
the grief-drenched days, after I received DNA results confirming Dad isn’t my
birth-father, I went to the Bible for comfort. My tears stained the pages
when I read, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were
born I set you apart” (Jeremiah 1:5). I sobbed over God’s promise to be, “A
father to the fatherless” (Psalm 68:5).
A
dear friend said in response to my story. “God sure must have wanted you. He
went to a lot of trouble to create you especially who you are.”
I’ve
learned she is right. I am not an accident.
There
are six powerful things I discovered while the mystery unraveled:
God
knitted me together on purpose, with purpose, to fulfill a purpose. My unique
DNA combination makes me especially qualified to do the work He planned for me
before I was even born. I am
wanted, because my Daddy-God adopted me. I am
beautiful, because I look like my Daddy-God. I am the daughter of the King of Kings, which
makes me a princess. I am
secure in my identity, which is found in Christ alone.
But
my story isn’t all about me. My story is also about you.
No
matter how you started, or where you are today, you are meant for abundant
life. You can live the dream God planted in your heart when He set you in the
soil of your mother’s womb. You are not an accident. You know who you are.
You look like your Daddy.
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Author Bio
Anita Agers-Brooks is on
a mission to find her biological father. On her journey, she shares
God’s message as a Communications Specialist, Certified Personality
Trainer, public speaker, and writer. Anita lives in Missouri with
her husband Ricky. Contact her via website www.freshstartfreshfaith.org
or email anita.freshfaith@gmail.com
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Friday, July 1, 2011
I Look Like My Daddy
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