A love letter to you!
This was composed using mostly excerpts of scripture from the Holy Bible. I didn't write it, however, I did make a few minor additions and corrections of the original (composed by Emily Watkins of Radical Revolution) to try to help it flow a little better, and to make it a more accessible to others... I love this letter, it proves to me that the Bible truly is the ultimate love letter written to us, directly from the heart of our God and Father, who art in Heaven, and yet far closer than we could ever imagine... Enjoy! B
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My Beloved,
I am so proud of you. Just thinking of you makes me sing (Zephaniah 3:17). You are the apple of my eye, my child in whom I have found great delight (Psalms 17:8, 149:4, Song of Solomon 4:10). Even in your struggles, you look to me. You have not broken your covenant of love with me, and I am so pleased with you. Though you do not see, you believe; though you do not always hear, you listen and obey. Yes, you are yet imperfect. Sometimes you fall down, but I love you through your struggles. Your weaknesses are beautiful, because it is from that place of repentance that you realize how much you need me (2 Corinthians 12:10, Song of Solomon 1:5).
You are beautiful, my darling, unique, one of a kind (Song of Solomon 1:15, 6:9). How lovely are the works of my hands (Isaiah 64:8)! Who is there to say that my creation is not beautiful (Is 45:9)? I created your inmost being; I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Ps 139:13). See, before I established the foundations of the Earth, I knew you. Before I parted the oceans, I was waiting for you, peering through the lattices of time: Let me hear your voice! (Song of Solomon 8:13). Your voice is like the choicest perfume, like sweet honey to my lips (Song of Solomon 4:11). Do not be afraid (Isaiah 41:10).
Dark are you, but lovely (Song of Solomon 1:5). I have chosen you among your companions, I've called you by name, and you are mine (Psalm 45:7, Song of Solomon 2:16). Nothing can separate you from my love (Romans 8:38-39). I am here for YOU, every day, every moment, and with every breath you breathe. There is nothing I would not do for YOU, you can believe this because I have already given you the greatest gift of all, my Son (John 3:16). Here I am, laying before you a banqueting table of my riches (Song of Solomon 2:4). Take, and be filled! Do not be satisfied with the mediocre life that the world has to offer (Song of Solomon 2:4). Only in me can you find the abundant life you are searching for (I Timothy 6:19, John 10:10). Only in me can the void you feel be filled. Do not let a lust for immediate gratification push you to fill your void with anything, only then you can be prepared to receive my glorious best, for you. Wait on me and in just a very little while you'll be with me for I am coming back, not a second too late or a moment too soon! (Hebrew 10:37) I will accomplish that which concerns you. (Philippians 1:6) I will withhold from you no good thing my child as long as you continue to walk uprightly.
Do you believe I can do this? (Matthew 9:28) Then be still and know you will receive MY very best for YOU. Be still and know that I am God... and that since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you (Isaiah 43:4(a)) you can “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3). Be still and listen. Turn off every distraction. In the secret place you shall find me (Psalm 91:1-2). In the temple of your spirit, I have built my resting place (1 Corinthians 6:19). Many search for me, but do not find me, because they fear the cost of my friendship (Luke 9:23). They do not know that true love is not measured on the scales of emotion, but of quiet devotion (John 14:15). So, draw near to me, and I will draw near to you (James 4:8). Even when you do not feel me, I am here. I will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). “For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV). Rejoice, then, rejoice! Give thanks to me and praise my name! (Psalm 100:4). For “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3, NIV). My love for you remains as steady as the rising sun (Psalm 103:17). It never changes, because you are my child, my creation, and I am well pleased with you (Hebrews 13:8).
Love always and forever,
Your Heavenly Abba
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"...Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him,for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders." Deut. 33:12
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