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 10:29-30)  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 4:6)  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 3:7)  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 you receive comes from my hand.  (James 1:17)  For I am your provider and I meet 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.   (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.  (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)  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 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 Father, Almighty God