| Author | Message | ||
| Jtree |
My Child, I know everything about you. I know when you sit down and when you rise up. I am familiar with all your ways (Ps 139:1-3). You were made in my image (Gen 1:27). In me you live and move and have your being; for you are my offspring (Acts 17:28). Even the very hairs on your head are numbered (Mt 10:30). I knew you even before you were conceived (Jer 1:5). I chose you when I planned creation (Eph 1:11). I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live (Acts 17:26). I knit you together in your mother's womb. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book (Ps 139:13-16). And brought you forth on the day you born (Ps 71:6). I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me (Jn 8:41-44). I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love (1Jn 4:16). And it is my desire to lavish my love on you simply because you are my child and I am your father (1Jn 3:1). 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 me (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 29:1). Because I love you with an everlasting love (Jer 31:3). My thoughts towards you are 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 marvellous thing (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 desires 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 (Phil 3:20). For I am your greatest encourager (2Thes 2:16-17). I am the father who comforts you in all your troubles (2Cor 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). One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes and will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth (Rev 21:3-4). I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus (Jn 17:23). For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed (Jn 17:26). He is the exact representation of my being (Heb 1:3). He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you (Ro 8:31). And to tell you that I am not counting your sins (2Cor 5:18-19). Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled (2Cor 5:18-19). His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you (1Jn 4:10). I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love (Ro 8:31-32). If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me (1Jn 2:23). And nothing will ever seperate you from my love again (Ro 8:38-39). Come home and I'll show the biggest party heaven as ever seen (Lk 15:7). I have always been Father, and will always be Father (Eph 3:14-15). My question is......Will you be my child (Jn 1:12-13)? I am waiting for you (Lk 15:11-32). Your perfect Father in Heaven (Mt 5:48) | ||
| Trippllb |
Wow! The bible is truly God's love letter to his children. Thanks for posting that. It is going on my wall as a source of encouragement when I'm down. | ||
| Colleentinker |
Jtree--that's wonderful! Thank you for compiling all those texts! Last night it dawned on me when I was studyin the first 13 versed of Hebrews 13 how significant is was that Jesus died outside the city. The author of Hebrews is calling the recipients of his letter to follow Jesus outside the gates--that would be the gates of Jerusalem. He's really calling them to leave the womb of Judaism. (Insight thanks to the NIV Study Bible notes.) Here's the part that dawned on me: Jesus did not die in Jerusalem at the temple or any other sacred place. He died OUTSIDE the gates in common territory. Remember that Paul said over and over in his epistles that the mystery hidden from the ages was that both Gentiles and Jews would be saved together? Jesus first made that clear when he died. His death could never be seen as a Jewish event. He died in plain view of everyone--exposed to the ridicule and grief of Jews and Gentiles alike. Jesus spilled his blood of the eternal covenant (Heb. 13:20) not in sacred Jewish territory but outside the gates. The true sacrifice of Atonement was public--for everyone. Jesus instituted the New Covenant in common territory. He literally died in a place that no one could ever argue was Jewish holy ground. His death took the atonement to the world. When he died he publicly gave his atoning blood for the Gentiles as well as to the Jews. Isn't that awesome? Every detail of Jesus life and death was according to the Father's plan. No part of his life on earth deviated from a plan that existed from the creation of the world! Nothing was left to chance! It was never an option that Jesus might lay himself on the altar at the temple and die, as I've heard some Adventists say he would have if no one had actually killed him. Jesus' death was the perfect atonement. It was for everybody! Now I've got to rush or I'll be late--Praise God for Jesus, and praise him for the Bible! In Jesus, Colleen | ||
| Sabra |
Click on http://www.fathersloveletter.com/fllpreviewlarge.html maybe you have to type it in but it is beautiful! | ||
| Jtree |
Sabra, that was very lovely! |
