"I love you"

Life gets tough. You think you've got it all figured out, and then it takes you down again. You try to do all the right things, you consider carefully how you should respond, or behave towards this certain situation. You pray earnestly for God to help you in this particular area, you ask Him to guide you and lead you in the way you should go. Has it all been fake? Have I been doing something wrong? What am I missing? Sure, life isn't perfect. You will fall, our sin nature gets in the way of things, we're not always gonna do everything perfect. I know that. It just seems like I'm doing the same wrong things, I keep tripping on that same rock. Once its done, and I've acknowledged my sin, and apologized.. I say to myself, I will learn from this, next time something like this comes up, I'll know how to act because I've learned. But the very next time, I fail. It's at times like this where I'm tempted to just give up, just forget about everything, isolate myself from the world, keep to myself. I don't want to express how I feel because I'm ashamed, and broken.I don't want to talk. I try to talk to God about my feeling and hurt, but He knows already my heart, He knows what I did, and how I feel. I just don't know how to talk about it to Him, sometimes. But at the very same time, I yearn for someone to talk to, I long for an encouraging word, or gesture. I want to feel loved, feel like I'm cared for, despite my sin. And then something special happened. While all these thoughts were running through my head, my Dad came in to talk to me, he told me to be positive, and to keep trying.. he encouraged me to get right back up on the horse, to start a new. Then he told me he loved me. And that simple word meant more to me than anything in the world. I am loved. And that was all I needed to hear. I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for my Daddy. He's all I need. If you have a father who is caring, and treats you like you're really something special. Thank Jesus for Him. :)