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I was filled with so much joy when I read this. It’s very long, but you don’t even have to read the whole thing (though I think you should!) to feel just how much God loves us, His little children!
My dear Child,
I love you! (John 3:16) I created you in My image (Genesis 1:27) and I called you “very good” (Genesis 1:31). I knitted you together in your mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). I know the number of the hairs on your head (Matthew 10:30) and I am familiar with all your ways (Psalm 139:3). My precious thoughts of you are as countless as the sand on the seashore (Psalm 139:17-18).
I am Love (1 John 4:16) and the greatest commandment that I have for you is that you love (Matthew 22:37-40). My love is made complete in you when you receive My love, love Me, and love others (1 John 4:7-21). To show you how to live this life of love I’ve given you Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17), laws that honour Me and are good and pleasing to you (Psalm 119).
But you were born in sin, separated from My love, (Psalm 51:5) and though you’ve tried to be good you’ve missed the mark of My holiness (1 John 1:8). You’ve hurt others and you’ve hurt yourself (Romans 2:9). Most of all, your sins are against Me (Psalm 51:4). You’ve hurt Me (Luke 19:41) and angered Me (Romans 2:8). I am the Lord (Exodus 6:2), the King of Kings (1 Timothy 6:15), and the Righteous Judge (1 Peter 4:5) and it is a terrible thing to come under My Judgment (Hebrews 10:31).
So to fear Me is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 1:7). But you don’t need to remain afraid of Me; if you rely on Me then My perfect love will remove all of your fear (1 John 4:18). I am a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6).
Now, in the person of Jesus Christ, I knock on the door of your heart, waiting for you to let Me in (Revelation 3:20). Open the door and I will forgive your sins (Acts 10:43) and choose not to remember them anymore (Isaiah 43:25). I will teach you how to live your daily life with Me in the Kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 4:17). I will adopt you into My family (Ephesians 1:5) and lavish on you My fatherly love (1John 3:1). Then you will marvel that I chose you to be My child (Ephesians 1:11-12). Every day, I draw you to Myself, so that I can raise you up on the last day (John 6:44).
You see, I’ve loved you from the beginning, long before you loved Me (1 John 4:19). I sent My son Jesus, the exact representation of My Being (Hebrews 1:3), to die on the cross in your place (Romans 5:8), to take upon Himself the punishment that you deserved (Isaiah 53:5), and to take away your sin (John 1:29). For you, the mighty Lion sacrificed his life as an innocent Lamb (Revelation 5:5-6). So you can see that in Jesus, I, your Lord and Master, have come to serve you! (John 13:13-14)
My dear Child,
I love you! (John 3:16) I created you in My image (Genesis 1:27) and I called you “very good” (Genesis 1:31). I knitted you together in your mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). I know the number of the hairs on your head (Matthew 10:30) and I am familiar with all your ways (Psalm 139:3). My precious thoughts of you are as countless as the sand on the seashore (Psalm 139:17-18).
I am Love (1 John 4:16) and the greatest commandment that I have for you is that you love (Matthew 22:37-40). My love is made complete in you when you receive My love, love Me, and love others (1 John 4:7-21). To show you how to live this life of love I’ve given you Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17), laws that honour Me and are good and pleasing to you (Psalm 119).
But you were born in sin, separated from My love, (Psalm 51:5) and though you’ve tried to be good you’ve missed the mark of My holiness (1 John 1:8). You’ve hurt others and you’ve hurt yourself (Romans 2:9). Most of all, your sins are against Me (Psalm 51:4). You’ve hurt Me (Luke 19:41) and angered Me (Romans 2:8). I am the Lord (Exodus 6:2), the King of Kings (1 Timothy 6:15), and the Righteous Judge (1 Peter 4:5) and it is a terrible thing to come under My Judgment (Hebrews 10:31).
So to fear Me is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 1:7). But you don’t need to remain afraid of Me; if you rely on Me then My perfect love will remove all of your fear (1 John 4:18). I am a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6).
Now, in the person of Jesus Christ, I knock on the door of your heart, waiting for you to let Me in (Revelation 3:20). Open the door and I will forgive your sins (Acts 10:43) and choose not to remember them anymore (Isaiah 43:25). I will teach you how to live your daily life with Me in the Kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 4:17). I will adopt you into My family (Ephesians 1:5) and lavish on you My fatherly love (1John 3:1). Then you will marvel that I chose you to be My child (Ephesians 1:11-12). Every day, I draw you to Myself, so that I can raise you up on the last day (John 6:44).
You see, I’ve loved you from the beginning, long before you loved Me (1 John 4:19). I sent My son Jesus, the exact representation of My Being (Hebrews 1:3), to die on the cross in your place (Romans 5:8), to take upon Himself the punishment that you deserved (Isaiah 53:5), and to take away your sin (John 1:29). For you, the mighty Lion sacrificed his life as an innocent Lamb (Revelation 5:5-6). So you can see that in Jesus, I, your Lord and Master, have come to serve you! (John 13:13-14)