On December 5, 2007, Jenna Bush, the daughter of President George Bush, was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. She had gone on the show to promote her new book. After they had spent some time talking about Jenna's book, Ellen brought out a phone and urged Jenna to call her father while they were on the air.
Jenna was a little hesitant, but she agreed to do it. As she dialed the number, she said, "They're going to kill me. They may have wanted some warning." Laura, Jenna's mother and the first lady, answered the phone and the audience could hear Mrs. Bush say, "I'm sitting here with Daddy." Then the President got on the line and asked, "How's my little girl?"
Ellen spoke up and told Mr. Bush, "She's scared she's going to get in trouble because I just said, 'Is it easy to just pick up the phone and call your dad anytime?'" President Bush said that he wasn't mad at all, and then he said, "I want to tell my little girl I love her."
Jenna Bush made a phone call that none of us could complete because of her relationship to the President. His position at that time made him the most powerful man alive and one of the most inaccessible men in the world. Yet, all his daughter had to do was to pick up the phone and dial, and, not only was he was immediately available for her, but he was glad to hear from her. [Houston Chronicle, 12/6/7, p.A2]
What's even more incredible than this story of Jenna being able to just call up and speak to the President of the United States just because he is her father is the fact that we can do the same. No, we can't call up the President for a chat. But we can call up someone much more important -- our Father who is in Heaven. All we have to do is call, and not only is He immediately available for us, but He's glad to hear from us. At the mere mention of His name, He gives us all His attention because we are His children and because He likes us and loves us and wants us to know it.
Maybe we should spend some more time today calling "Daddy -- Abba -- Father." He wants to hear from you. He's waiting
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