something to lift your spirits during AP week!
i wasn't going to update today, but i saw this on forwardgarden.com, and i almost cried (NO LJ CUT FOR YOU! wahahaha):
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 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)
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 do not 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 recieve 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..(Psalm 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 will 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 will 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 Corintians 1:3-4)
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you..(Psalm 34:18)
As a shepard carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart..(Isaiah 40:11)
One day I will wipe 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 recieve the gift of my son Jesus, you recieve 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..(Luke15:7)
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
"Used by permission Father Heart Communications
Copyright 1999 www.FathersLoveLetter.com"
ISN'T THAT AWESOME?!!!!!
i...love...that....makes...me..feel...so....fuzzy!
what makes it 100% better is that it's all bible verses and not some weird teenager writing something when they're bored.
*runs around in circles* *cries*
~hunter
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 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)
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 do not 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 recieve 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..(Psalm 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 will 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 will 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 Corintians 1:3-4)
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you..(Psalm 34:18)
As a shepard carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart..(Isaiah 40:11)
One day I will wipe 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 recieve the gift of my son Jesus, you recieve 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..(Luke15:7)
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
"Used by permission Father Heart Communications
Copyright 1999 www.FathersLoveLetter.com"
ISN'T THAT AWESOME?!!!!!
i...love...that....makes...me..feel...so....fuzzy!
what makes it 100% better is that it's all bible verses and not some weird teenager writing something when they're bored.
*runs around in circles* *cries*
~hunter