A FATHER’S LOVE LETTER
I received this beautiful ode to the love of our heavenly Father from a friend Bruce Froman. With his permission, I pass it on to you…
A perfect reminder for a NEW YEAR.
A Father’s Love Letter
My child,
You may not know Me, but I know everything about you (Ps 139:1). I know when you sit down and when you rise up (Ps 139:2). I am familiar with all your ways (Ps 139:3), even the hairs on your head are numbered (Mt 10:29-31). For you were made in My image (Gen 1:27), in Me you live and move and have your being (Acts 17:28), I knew you even before you were conceived (Jer 1:4-5), and I chose you when I planned creation (Eph 1:11-12). You are not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book (Ps 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 (Ps 139:14), as I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Ps 139:13), and brought you forth on the day you were born (Ps 71:6).
I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know Me (John 8:41-44), but I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love (1 John 4:16). 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. I offer you more than your earthly father ever could (Mt 7:11) for I am the perfect Father (Mt 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 (Mt 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 (Jer 31:3). My thoughts towards you are as countless as the sand on the seashore (Ps 139:17-18), and I rejoice over you with singing (Zeph 3:17).
I will never stop doing good to you (Jer 32:40), for you are My treasured possession (Ex 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 (Jer 33:3). If you seek Me with all your heart, you will find me (Deut 4:29, delight in Me and I will give you the desire of your heart (Ps 37:4) - for it is I who gave you those desires (Phil 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 Thess 2:16-17). I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles (2 Cor 1:3-4) when you are broken hearted, I am close to you (Ps 34:18). As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to My heart (Is 40:11), and one day I will wipe every tear from your eyes (Rev 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 (Heb 1:3) , and 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 to you (1 John 4:10). I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love (Rom 8:31-32). If you receive the gift of My Son, Jesus, and you receive Me (1 John 2:23), nothing will ever separate My love from you again (Rom 8:38-39). Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party that Heaven has ever seen (Luke 15:7).
I have always been, and always will 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).
Loved
Your Dad
Almighty God
Written by Bruce Froman (adapted from a mailing from “Freedom in Jesus” Prison Ministries).