Thursday, May 2, 2013

To Angela

To  Angela....
because we all need to remember Who we really belong to, and Who really matters.....


My Child,

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
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 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 gives 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 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 will 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 so 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…Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen….Luke 15:7

Love,
Your Father,
Almighty God

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