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My toddler recently started using an expression that I'm not used to having; every morning she gently nudges me to wake up - with a grinning smile so wide I cannot bring myself back to sleep. 

This daughter-father relationship juxtaposes with our relationship with the Father. We come to Him with our troubles, with our thanksgiving, our praises, and that is all good. But as I look at her grin, there aren't any agendas in it. It's a reaction out of happiness, of familiarity, of joy. It communicates our closeness, and her contentment to be with me there and then. That infectious positivity, from a tot no doubt, helps me start my day in good spirits.

Looking back, her mother and I were very intentional in smiling at her from the moment she was born. Just as the Lord make His face shine upon us, lifting up His countenance and giving us peace, we want that for her. And her smile that we now see is a testament of God's smile on us.

Just as we are the world to her, let us come to our Father with childlikeness, full of adoration, beaming with joy, basking in His presence.

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