Letter from Dad

Your earthyly father may have failed you but your heavenly Daddy never will.

"Remember I am the Dad you always wanted.

The Dad who listens.

The Dad who loves you unconditionally.

The Dad who has all the time in the world for you.

The Dad who affirms you

And speaks word of love over you.

The Dad who holds you

And truly believes in you.

I am the Dad who is so totally proud of you

Of the person you have become, despite

or maybe because of your struggles.

But I am also the Dad who sees your future potential

Always cheering you on to fulfill ALL of it.

I am with you every step of the way.

I am not going to get too busy,

Lose interest and walk away.

Nothing is more important to Me than seeing you fulfill all your dreams

Because I put them there in your heart from the beginning

And I have been watching over you ever since.

Be yourself. Be who I made you to be.

Grow in your gifting.

Explore all that I have for you.

Flourish, be blessed and thrive.

For I am your very gracious, over-the-top, generous, loving Dad!!!!!!"

You Know All About Me [Excerpts from Psalm 139]

1 Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. 2 You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. 3–4 You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. 5 You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. With your hand of love upon my life, you impart a [Father’s] blessing to me. 6 This is just too wonderful, deep, and incomprehensible! Your understanding of me brings me wonder and strength……….. 13 You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. 14 I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breath-taking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord! 15 You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place, carefully, skillfully shaping me from nothing to something.

16 You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book.

17–18 Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.