Brennan Manning shares this powerful story that happened while he was giving a retreat years ago. During the night a 78 year old nun knocked on his door to see if Brennan could help her. From the age of 5 her father sexually abused her. She told him, “I’ve lived with so much hatred of my father and hatred of myself”. He prayed with her for healing and asked her if she would do this. “Find a quiet place every morning for the next 30 days, sit down in a chair, close her eyes, upturn her palms, and pray this one phrase over and over, “Abba, I belong to you”…. (Abba referring to Daddy-God)….He then finished the story. “One of the most moving and poetic follow up letters I’ve ever received came from the sister. In it she described the inner healing of her heart, a complete forgiveness of her father, and an inner peace she never known in her 78 years. She concluded her letter with these words. ‘A year ago, I would’ve signed this letter with my real name in religious life – Sister Mary Genevieve. But from now on, I’m Daddy’s little girl.'” Brennan then concludes with these words. “The greatest gift I’ve ever received in my life in Jesus is the Abba experience. I can only stutter and stammer about the life-changing power of the Abba encounter. My name is Brennan Manning, and I’m Daddy’s little boy.” Wow, that whole story reduces me to tears every time I read it.