Father’s Love Letter

 

I received this in an email this week-end and it said it all so very well. Here is God’s love letter to you, His child, using His own words: 

    My child

You may not know me, but I know everything about you–Psalm 139:1                                              

I know when you sit 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 are 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 of life–                                                                                                       Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live–

                                                                                                      Act 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–

                                                                                                              I John 4:16

And it is My desire to lavish My love on you–I John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father–I John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could–Matthew 7:11

For I am your perfect Father–Matthew 5:8

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–Jer. 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love–Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts towards you are countless as the sands of the seashore–

                                                                                                        Psalm 139:17-18

And I will 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–Jer.32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things–Deut. 4:29

Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart–Ps. 37:4

For it is I who gives you those desires–Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine–Eph 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager–2 Thessalonians 2-16-17

I am the Father who comforts you in all your troubles–2 Cor.1:3-4

When you are broken-hearted, 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-same

I am your Father and I love you even as I love My Son, Jesus-John 7:23

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–Rom. 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins–2 Cor 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled–2 Cor 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of My love for you–1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I love that I may 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–Ro. 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–Eph. 3:14-15

My question is: Will you be My child?–John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you–Luke 15:11-32

  

 

 Picture an Original of Susan House uploaded 6/21/2010.

  

  

                                                                        

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Paths

Paths

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Throughout life we have to choose the path we are going to walk. Our lives consist of choices and God has given us the freedom to make those choices. He wants our love and obedience to be as an expression of our love for Him and not because He set Himself up as a religious dictator. We declare these times make it more difficult than any other time since creation to choose God’s way. However, every generation since the time of Cain and Abel have had their challenges to face. Many times throughout Scripture we are told about the debauchery, the drinking, the homosexuals, the prostitutes, the wars, the famine, the floods, the strive for success,  to name just a few. Are these not some of the same things we are facing today?

Many times we know the choice we must make and since it is more difficult to take the path God is telling us to take (Isaiah 30: 21) we struggle. The other day, I wrestled with this type of decision and during my prayer time the thought came to me: If Christ were to return today, where would I want Him to find me? Would I be doing what would make Him proud of me or would He have a look of disappointment on His face? Wow!!! I knew instantly what I wanted the answer to be.

Are you facing difficult times, having to make difficult choices? Hopefully, the thought which came to me can also assist you in making the choice God wants for you. The great philanthropist, Dale Carneige, once said, “Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” I have a feeling this is exactly what God knew when Isaiah said, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

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