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A love letter from your Creator

1/18/2018

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I just finshed typing up the words to a wonderful tract entitled "Father's Love Letter" (www.goodnewstracts.org); we used in Bible Discussion at the nursing home on Monday and it was so well received that I wanted to be able to hand out the words in super-jumbo print. (If you spot any typos, please let me know!)

I share it here because it is so encouraging and heartwarming for people of any age, and because it is such a great illustration of why we need to read more than isolated passages if we want to begin to understand God's revelation of Himself and His purposes for us.

Father’s Love Letter: An intimate message from God to you 
 
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).
 
You were made in my image (Genesis 1:27). In me you live and move and have your being, 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 as 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 with 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 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 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 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 away every tear from your eyes, 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). In him, 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 against you (2 Corinthins 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 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 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).
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Love,
Your Dad
(Almighty God) 
6 Comments
Jeanne
1/18/2018 05:56:26 pm

One typo....the word is want...you have wnt....just thought you'd like to know as you asked...
Maybe I should have been a proof reader??? Ha.

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Kitty Foth-Regner link
1/18/2018 06:02:06 pm

What sharp eyes you have, Jeanne -- thank you!

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ruth strudell
1/19/2018 11:13:00 pm

So nice Kitty. But that's to be expected from your pen.

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Kitty Foth-Regner link
1/20/2018 05:55:14 am

Thanks, Ruth -- wish I'd written it!

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3/31/2018 09:40:48 pm

God will never truly leave us behind in our ordeals. He's always right by our side, in our highest high and lowest low. This is the reason why I'm never truly alone because I know that I'm being guided by God on the right path. I only hope that the other people can also feel him in their journey. No matter how dark our path ahead may be, God will always be by our side guiding us into the light.

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Kitty Foth-Regner link
4/1/2018 05:18:02 am

Amen!

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