Abba, Father

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then God has made you an heir. (Galatians 4:6-7)

Father.

You are God, and so you could demand that I simply call you “God.”

You are my Lord, and so you could demand that I call you “Lord.”

You are my Creator, and so you could demand that I call you “Creator.”

But you’ve made me your child, sealing my adoption papers with your Spirit.

And your Spirit tells me to cry out, “Abba, Father.”

So though I’ll sometimes call you “God,” or “Lord,” or “Creator,” I’ll choose most times to call you what your Spirit teaches me to say.

“Abba, Father.”