Father's Love Letter

Source of video and text : http://fathersloveletter.com/

My 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 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 31:3

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.
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

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 17:26

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

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 2:23

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

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

God's Love

When I watched this video on facebook posted by my dear sister, Angie, I was moved to tears. So many times in my years as a Christian, I have been told that if we really love God, we will sacrifice our "Isaacs" for Him when He requires us to. I used to really cringe at the thought and refused to accept that God who is supposed to be a God of love would be so sadistic and callous in His requirements of us. I could not imagine sacrificing my beloved child on the altar. I mean Abraham was a man of great faith, he had the faith that God would raise his son up again but I, skeptical and faithless I, did not profess to have even a measure of the faith that our dear father of faith had.

How my perspective of God has changed since I knew and understood His grace and unconditional love for mankind and yes, in particular for skeptical and faithless me. When God told Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on the altar, God's main intention was not to test Abraham's faith or his love for Him as I have been taught in the past because He had already provided the ram as a substitute sacrifice. It was not about Abraham's love or our love for God and what we must do to earn His love. It is about God's love for us; His unconditional, amazing love which was freely given to us. God showed His love for us by giving us Jesus. Such is the amazing grace of God : it does not demand anything from us but it cost God His Son, His beloved Son.


Abraham's story in Genesis 22:1-16 was a foreshadow of what God was going to do to HIS OWN SON in the future. Isaac, carrying the wood up the mountain, was a picture of God's own beloved Son, Jesus Christ who will be carrying the wooden cross on His shoulders up another mountain in the future. While God had already provided a ram for Abraham, He did not provide a substitute sacrifice for Himself. God stopped Abraham from sacrificing his beloved son, Isaac so that he and we can behold the Lamb of God who was born to die on the cross for our sins. While Abraham was spared the heart-rending act of sacrificing his only son, God did not spare Himself from sacrificing His Son, His only Son, the Son whom He loves for us and yes, in particular for me, because He loves us and HE LOVES ME!


What an amazing God and what a wonderful Saviour we have in Jesus!


"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10

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