Monday, February 15, 2010

The Cry of a Father's Heart: From Genesis to Revelation

A friend shared this with me today, it makes me melt. Hopefully it speaks of God's love to you as it does to me.

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

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: 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: 1 John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love: 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 even could: Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father: Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive 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 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love: Jeremiah 31:1

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashores: 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 these 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

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

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you: Romans 8:31

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

Jesus' 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

 

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