The Father's Love Letter

When is the last time you sat down and wrote a love letter? A real mushy gushy kind of a thing? I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea! I have always enjoyed expressing my love through words, and that probably has something to do with the fact that my Love Language is "Words of Affirmation." I need to HEAR how much you love me. :) And words of discouragement or spite really tear me down. When I care about or love someone, I really enjoy telling them so through written words.

Many people refer to the bible as God's love letter to us. I get that the overarching theme is definitely about his grace and mercy and the great sacrifice that was made on our behalf, but admittedly, it's hard for me to think of much of what is in scripture as anything resembling a love letter! Doesn't look anything like my kind of "love letters!"

Then I read this compilation of verses throughout scripture titled "The Father's Love Letter" and my spiritual eyes were opened. Yes...of course. It's all about love. Every verse. Every line. I wanted to share this with you today in the hopes that it will encourage you to know just how CRAZY God is about you, right now and right where you are. I hope this beautiful message will touch your heart today!


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. 

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 then 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 sands on the seashore…Psalm 139:17-16. 

And I rejoice over you with singing…Zephaniah 3:17. 

I will never stop doing good for 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. 

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 then 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 every tear away from your eyes…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 to you that I am for you, not against you…Romans 8:31. 

And to tell you 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 is the ultimate expression of my love for you… 1 John 4:10. 

I gave everything up I loved that I might gain your love…Romans 8:32. 

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 you 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.

I wish I could take credit for putting this together, but the compiler is anonymous! These promises of God are some of the most beautiful expressions of love that I have ever heard. He is always thinking about you, advocating for you, working things together for your good, he has plans for you, he wants to prosper you, he comforts you and encourages you. And what does he ask from us? "If you seek me with all of your heart you will find me." From the one who knows the number of hairs on your head! From the Old Testament to the New. God is love, and he loves you!

WHY does he care about us so much? "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?" Romans 2:4 (Emphasis mine)

His deepest desire is for his creation to turn their hearts to him. He desperately wants us to turn from the desires of our flesh, to put off our old selves and put on our new selves and follow him. He wants to give us a new heart and a new spirit. He wants to wash each one white as snow and give us all a brand new start. We posses the ability to love, because he first loved us. He's just standing there...knocking at the door...the one who wants to give you the deepest desires of your heart. Who wouldn't want to open that?! Come on in, Lord and STAY a while! :) I pray that His loving kindness speaks to you today.