Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Father's Love Letter

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