Papa

When you hear the term Abba Father, or are told to imagine God as a father figure like papa, a whirlwind of visions blow through your mind. Some of us see a protector, some a predator, unconditional love or love to be earned, or maybe you don't know your dad or you wish you didn't, or maybe you have the best dad that ever embarked on the journey of fatherhood. Some of you may feel handicapped because you father didn't give you the best example, but really, we are all on equal ground when it comes to relating with God as our father. You see we've had it wrong for years. Its a common human mistake we make when it come to knowing God. When we look at God in human terms we tend to forget that He came first. God's Abba or father attribute was not modeled after the human institution of fatherhood. Fatherhood is modeled after the Abba atribute of God. You see, what puts us all on even ground is that even the most humanly perfect dad is still human. And our hunmanity is so far removed from God that when you look at the big picture the gap between good fathers and bad fathers is nearly unexistant compared to the gap between human fathers and Abba God father.

So where does that leave us? Well this means that if you want to know what fatherhood is you have to know Abba God and the only way to know Abba God is for Him to reveal himself to you. So go ahead give God and your human father a break and dive deep into relationship with God. Let Him show you who He is and let Him redeem, heal, recocile, and restore your human relationships.
that's just a thought