Thursday, September 5, 2013

Our Father's Love Letter

So I had this message forwarded to me as a text and I nearly started crying. Please read this, it is life altering: 

A Letter from our Father -

My Child,
You may not know me, 
but I know everything about you. 
(Psalm 139:1)
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. 
(Psalm 139:2)
I am familiar with all your ways. 
(Psalm 139:3)
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. 
(Matthew 10:29-31)
For you were made in my image. 
(Genesis 1:27)
In me you live and move and have your being.
(Acts 17:28)
For you are my offspring. 
(Acts 17:28)
I knew you even before you were conceived. 
(Jeremiah 1:4-5)
I chose you when I planned creation. 
(Ephesians 1:11-12)
You were not a mistake, 
for all your days are written in my book. 
(Psalm 139:15-16)
I determined the exact time of your birth 
and where you would live. 
(Acts 17:26)
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 
(Psalm 139:14)
I knit you together in your mother's womb. 
(Psalm 139:13)
And brought you forth on the day you were born. 
(Psalm 71:6)
I have been misrepresented 
by those who don't know me.
(John 8:41-44)
I am not distant and angry, 
but am the complete expression of love. 
(1 John 4:16)
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 
(1 John 3:1)
Simply because you are my child 
and I am your Father. 
(1 John 3:1)
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. 
(Matthew 7:11)
For I am the perfect father. 
(Matthew 5:48)
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. 
(James 1:17)
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. 
(Matthew 6:31-33)
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. 
(Jeremiah 29:11)
Because I love you with an everlasting love. 
(Jeremiah 31:3)
My thoughts toward you are countless 
as the sand on the seashore.
(Psalms 139:17-18)
And I rejoice over you with singing. 
(Zephaniah 3:17)
I will never stop doing good to you. 
(Jeremiah 32:40)
For you are my treasured possession. 
(Exodus 19:5)
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul. 
(Jeremiah 32:41)
And I want to show you great and marvelous things. 
(Jeremiah 33:3)
If you seek me with all your heart, 
you will find me. 
(Deuteronomy 4:29)
Delight in me and I will give you 
the desires of your heart. 
(Psalm 37:4)
For it is I who gave you those desires. 
(Philippians 2:13)
I am able to do more for you 
than you could possibly imagine. 
(Ephesians 3:20)
For I am your greatest encourager. 
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
I am also the Father who comforts you 
in all your troubles. 
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
When you are brokenhearted, 
I am close to you. 
(Psalm 34:18)
As a shepherd carries a lamb, 
I have carried you close to my heart. 
(Isaiah 40:11)
One day I will wipe away 
every tear from your eyes. 
(Revelation 21:3-4)
And I'll take away all the pain 
you have suffered on this earth.
(Revelation 21:3-4)
I am your Father, and I love you 
even as I love my son, Jesus.
(John 17:23)
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. 
(John 17:26)
He is the exact representation of my being. 
(Hebrews 1:3)
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, 
not against you. 
(Romans 8:31)
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
(2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 
(2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
His death was the ultimate expression 
of my love for you. 
(1 John 4:10)
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love. 
(Romans 8:31-32)
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, 
you receive me. 
(1 John 2:23)
And nothing will ever separate you 
from my love again.
(Romans 8:38-39)
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party 
heaven has ever seen.
(Luke 15:7)
I have always been Father, 
and will always be Father.
(Ephesians 3:14-15)
My question is…
Will you be my child? 
(John 1:12-13)
I am waiting for you. 
(Luke 15:11-32)

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

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