title: Kisses from the Father: Coming Face to Face With the Love of God
author:  Ron M. Phillips 
description: You may look around and see yourself all alone. You may feel like everything has gone wrong. You may have momentarily lost sight of the fact that God loves you. That's why He sent the Holy Spirit, so that you can say, "Abba! Abba! Abba!" He will say, "I'm here! I'm here! I'm here! I'm here to meet your needs." In this day of family dysfunction, absent parents, and indifferent fathers, be assured that there is a Father in heaven who is personally interested in every detail of your life, who showers blessings from heaven upon your life, who kisses you with mercy and peace when you most need it. Whether you grew up in a home filled with love and support, a home without a father, or where very little encouragement was offered, your life can be richer and fuller right now as you discover and experience the everlasting embrace of the heavenly Father.
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  ## “My father is matchmaking.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Harry looked puzzled. “Why would he do that?”
  
  
  
  
  
  “He wants me to stay in Rawhide,” Melissa explained. “He’s trying to find
  someone to marry me.”
  
  
  
  
  
  The deputy grinned and raised his brows. “That shouldn’t be too difficult.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “If that’s a compliment, thank you. But I don’t think you understand that Dad
  has chosen you as the primary candidate for my not-so-future husband. You’d
  better start running.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “Assuming I’m not interested.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Her voice was firm when she told him, “It doesn’t matter. I’m going back to
  Paris after the holidays.”
  
  
  
  
  
  “Oh, yeah? Then I’d better kiss you goodbye.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Without any more warning, he pulled her into his arms and planted a kiss on
  her lips like none she’d ever received. Then he walked away, leaving her
  befuddled brain to wonder—if that was a goodbye peck, what would his real kiss
  be like?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  Dear Reader,
  
  
  
  
  
  Welcome, once again, to Rawhide, Wyoming, th