Changing roles, changing relationship

In less than a week my dad will be flying here to San Diego from Michigan to drive cross country with me to Chicago. He did the same when I made the move out here from Minneapolis. I am really looking forward to this time together. As I reflect back on my relationship with my dad it is neat to see how our relationship has evolved as we have evolved... we've been "little girl" and "daddy", "pre-teen girl" and "freaked out dad", "teenage girl" and "gosh dad c'mon", "daughter moving away to school" and "proud father" - and lots of stuff in between. As I look at where we are now - the relationship of adult daughter to adult father is just as special. There is something neat about it... As our individual places in life have changed our relationship has changed - how I see him, how he sees me, and how we see us.

As I look at taking a new step in life... filling a different role in the Kingdom of God... I look forward to seeing the new relationship I discover with my Heavenly Father. I realize how much I define that relationship as "worker" to "Boss", or "commissioned" to "Commissioner", "servant" to "Master". I know God is going to reveal so much to me. It's frightening to let go of that identity - and to not be sure who I am apart from it with Him or with me, but it's good. It's very good. I am looking forward with a soft and fragile, yet excited, heart to the new ways I will see Him, the new ways I will discover what He sees in me, and the new ways I will see us. I am a bit afraid, but also looking forward to just being "daughter" and "daddy".