Our Father in Heaven's Parental Love

Our Father in Heaven's parental love
Is much more than we can comprehend
How wondrous that He ever dwells above
Watching over us...with holy Light to attend

He fills our hearts with breathtaking joy
And brightens our darkest hours with His blessed peace
He distills upon our minds precious truths... to enjoy
As He answers our prayers...and shepherds us to increase

Let us offer up righteous petitions
And share with Him our times of distress
Might we receive of Him, His precious directions
As we offer up meekness for truths that impress

Let us rejoice, knowing He does with us also
This being the measure of our creation
There is so much awaiting us... He delights to show
As we enjoy our lives in but budding gestation

And let any reader of this know
This was written with tears on my face
As out of gratitude...I want to show
My Father...His love, I feel and embrace

"Our Father in Heaven has given us, His children, much more than any mortal mind can comprehend. Under His direction the Great Jehovah created this wondrous world we live in. God the Father watches over us, fills our hearts with breathtaking joy, brightens our darkest hours with blessed peace, distills upon our minds precious truths, shepherds us through times of distress, rejoices when we rejoice, and answers our righteous petitions."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The Love of God
Ensign, Nov. 2009, 22