Dear Child.

Dear 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 10:29-31) 

 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 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 4:16) 

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. (1 John 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 received 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 29:1) 

 Because I love you with an everlasting love. (Jeremiah 31:3) 

 My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. (Psalms 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 (Ephesians3:20) 

 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'll 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 17:23) 

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 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 2:33) 

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 I always will be Father. (Ephesians 3:14-15) 

Love, Your Heavenly Father 

 reprinting from 1.18.09