What a Life! for April 4-8, 2007

The following is an Easter love letter from God.

You may not know me, but I know everything about you (Ps. 139:1). I know when you sit and when you rise (Ps. 139:2). I am familiar with all your ways (Ps. 139:3). Even the hairs on your head are numbered (Mt. 10:29-31). I made you in my image and likeness (Gen. 1:27). In me you live and move and have your being (Acts 17:28).

You are my offspring (Acts 17:28). I knew you even before you were conceived (Jer. 1:4-5). You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book (Ps. 139:15-16). I decided the exact time of your birth and where you would live (Acts 17:26). You are fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps. 139:14). I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Ps. 139:13) and brought you forth on the day you were born (Ps. 71:6).

Those who do not know me have misrepresented me (John 8:41-44). I am not distant and angry, but the complete expression of love (1 Jn. 4:16). It is my desire to lavish my love on you simply because you are my child and I am your father (1 Jn. 3:1).

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could (Mt. 7:11). Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand (Jas. 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. 29:11) because I love you with an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3). I will never stop doing good for you (Jer. 32:40) for you are my treasured possession (Ex. 19:5). I want to show you great and marvelous things (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 can do more for you than you could possibly imagine (Eph. 3:20). I am your greatest encourager (2 Thess. 2:16-17). I am also the father who comforts you in all your troubles (2 Cor. 1:3-4). When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you (Ps. 34:18).

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart (Isa. 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 (Rev. 21:3-4).

I am your father and I love you even as I love my son Jesus (John 17:23), for in Jesus I reveal my love for you (Jn. 17:26). He is the exact imprint of my being (Heb. 1:3). He came to prove that I am for you, not against you (Rom. 8:31) and to tell you that I am not counting your sins (2 Cor. 5:18-19). Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled (2 Cor. 5:18-19). His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you (1 Jn. 4:10). I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love (Rom. 8:31-32).

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me (1 Jn. 2:23). Then nothing will ever separate you from my love again (Rom. 8:38-39). Come home and I will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen (Lk. 15:7). I have always been your father, and will always love you with a father’s love (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).

All my love, Your Dad, Almighty God

(Have a great Easter celebration!)