Psalm 68 describes God as ‘a father to the fatherless.‘ Those words open a door of hope to countless people carrying wounds from a lack of a father’s love, whether through absence, neglect, or broken relationships.

Graham wrote Father Me at a time when there was a strong emphasis on the need for God’s healing in these deep places of the heart. It became a prayer-song, inviting God to meet us in our need and to bring wholeness where earthly fatherhood has fallen short.

Jesus Himself revealed this truth in a radical way. He taught His disciples to pray beginning with ‘Our Father.‘ In His own prayers, He used the word Abba; a child’s word for ‘daddy.’ For people in His day, such intimacy with God was almost unthinkable, but Jesus wanted His followers to know that this is exactly who God is: a Father who loves, heals, and restores.

Father Me continues to resonate because it carries that revelation that God is not distant, but near. Not stern and cold, but tender and healing. He is the Father to the fatherless, and the One who can fill the deficit we all carry to some degree.