my child,
you may not know me,
but i know everything about you.
i know when you sit down
and when you rise up.
i am familiar
with all your ways.
even the very hairs
on your head are numbered.
for you were made
in my image.
in me you live and move
and have your being.
for you are my offspring.
i knew you even before
you were conceived.
i chose you
when i planned creation.
you were not a mistake,
for all your days
are written in my book.
i determined
the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
you are fearfully
and wonderfully made.
i knit you together
in your mother's womb.
and brought you forth
on the day you were born.
i have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
i am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
and it is my desire
to lavish my love on you.
simply because
you are my child
and i am your father.
i offer you more than
your earthly father ever could.
for i am the perfect father.
every good gift that you receive
comes from my head.
for i am your provider
and i meet all your needs.
my plan for your future
has always been filled
with hope.
because i love you
with an everlasting love.
my thoughts toward you
are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
and i rejoice over you
with singing.
i will never stop
doing good to you.
for you are
my treasured possession.
i desire to establish you
with all my heart
and all my soul.
and i want to show you
great and marvelous things.
if you seek me
with all your heart,
you will find me.
delight in my
and i will give you
the desires of your heart.
for it is i who gave you
those desires.
i am able to do more
for you than you could
possibly imagine.
for i am your
greatest encourager.
i am also the father
who comforts you
in all your troubles.
when you are brokenhearted,
i am close to you.
as a shepherd carries a lamb,
i have carried you
close to my heart.
one day,
i will wipe away every tear
from your eyes.
and i'll take away
all the pain you have suffered
on this earth.
i am your father,
snf i love you even as
i love my son, jesus.
for in jesus,
my love for you
is revealed.
he is the exact
representation of my being.
he came to demostrate
that i am for you,
not against you.
and to tell you
that i am not counting
your sins.
jesus died
so that you and i
could be reconciled.
his death
was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
i gave up
everything i loved
that i might gain
your love.
if you receive
the gift of my son jesus
you receive me.
and nothing
will ever separate you
from my love again.
come home
and i'll throw
the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
i have always been father,
and will always be father.
my question is...
will you be my child?
i am waiting for you...
love, your dad
almighty god
