"For I had requested it of my Father"

Can I just begin by saying how much I love the scriptures?

Yesterday at work, an interesting conversation went on about "smooching". My boss commented, "I think smooching is fun!" I then openly expressed that I agreed, but was then taken aback by a comment from a co-worker.
"This coming from the girl who didn't want to kiss anyone before becoming engaged?"
Her reaction startled me, and I felt the need to defend myself. I told her that the decision not to kiss or be kissed by anyone until becoming engaged was a decision I had made WITH the Lord, and I would rather not receive criticism for it. That brought a long, silent lull in conversation. After a few minutes, she said to me, "I just thought it was funny that you didn't kiss Jarron till you were engaged, yet you like kissing." She sounded apologetic, so I proceeded to tell her my story of why that decision was made. I told her that while on my mission I had a lot of long conversations with the Lord, especially while being sick (or being humbled... whichever works). In one of these conversations, I told the Lord I didn't want to play around and date whoever, whenever, just for the sake of dating. I didn't want to kiss a million frogs in order to find prince charming. So the Lord and I made a deal, that if I waited to kiss until engagement, He would send me someone that would support me in this promise with the Lord, and wouldn't try to make me lower this standard. And sure enough He did. The Lord always keeps his promises.
In this experience I was reminded of the personal relationship that I have with my Father in Heaven. His awareness of me and of my life is always present, and I know He is there. We have a fun relationship, which often is full of , "You should stop worrying. Just trust me.... Really, stop worrying... STOOOOOP." That is  a pretty often occurrence. But my respect for Him as my Father, as my God is a profound thing. It is a humble reminder of  how much I am loved by such a Perfect being.
Upon coming home from work, I opened my scriptures and read a verse in Jacob 7, in the Book of Mormon. Here, Jacob is confronted by Sherem, who is leading astray many of the people with his claims of "no Christ". Sherem is smitten with a curse, by the Lord's will, and upon his deathbed, he shares his real testimony, he "confessed the Christ" (vs. 17) , and said that he had "been deceived by the power of the devil" (vs. 18).
In verses 21-22 Jacob continues this story saying, " And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly, insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth... Now this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I had requested it of my Father who was in heaven; for he had heard my cry and answered my prayer." (Emphasis added)

That was exactly what I had experienced yesterday. Minus the falling of people. I saw, once again, how the Lord had heard and answered my prayer. As I read this, it caught my attention that Jacob uses the word MY to describe the Father. The Father has obviously become a very personal Father to Jacob, beyond what I believe we can comprehend unless we experience such growth in relationship ourselves.
I don't want to say that my relationship with my Father in Heaven is equal to Jacob's, because I have a lot of things I still need to work on, but I believe that such a relationship is possible. Not only possible, but encouraged. We are constantly being encouraged to strengthen our relationship with the Father and the Son. We cannot get to the Father though, unless we go through His Son, Jesus Christ.

My hope is that we all can say "My Father" in a way that displays our love for Him, our respect for His power and Authority, and our commitment to live His way.