A Love Letter

I haven't read or posted something this sappy in a LONG time. ;) It's long and a bit repetitive but it speaks truth. Give it a read if you like. This was a letter I wrote out in my journal in September of 2009 (a month after arriving in Australia).

Dear *enter name here*,

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*

You were not a mistake for all your days are written in my book. *Psalm 139:15-16*

I determined the exact time of 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. *1John 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 29:11*

My thoughts towards you are as countless as 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 32:40*

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 broken-hearted, I am close to you. *Psalm 34:18*

As a shephard 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. *Revelations 21:3-4*

And I'll take way all the pain you have suffered on this earth. *Revelations 21:3-4*

I am your Father, and I love you ever 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 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 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*

I dunno why but this really hit me tonight. I'll be honest, I haven't picked up my Bible in quite some time and even so this was really encouraging to me. Thus I hope it blessed you in someway as well. Goodnight.

-Shanna