Letter from "Dad"

I "stole" this from a forum I post on, it was just too perfect not to blog!!! Ruthless, thanks for your love and showing God's love to others!!! :)

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

Unsure......

I'm not really sure what exactly God thinks He's doing here! I get to where I "think" I know and then we proceed in that direction, then a couple of other scenarios come up. This one scenario keeps coming up (and has over the past couple of years, really) and though it's the scariest one, it's also the most exciting one. I guess we'll just see how it pans out and see what God really wants us to do. I am excited about the possibilities and can't wait to see God working. It should be an interesting ride, to say the least anyway!

I know I'm being vague, but I don't want to be premature in "saying" anything too soon either! If this is the way we're headed though, it fulfills the "desires" that I have and keeps the situation in a place "where" I want to be also.

Anyway, if you read this, please keep us in your prayers that we will follow the path that God wants us to, and that we'll know which path that truly is also. Sometimes when you're wandering through the wilderness the path is not clear and the footing can be unsure, but if you let yourself be guided rather than trying to take over the expedition yourself, you eventually are led to where you're supposed to be.

Praying about "The Next Step"...

Nothing To Say....

First of all, my son just turned 10 (waah!). We have this "tradition" of me giving him a hard time for growing up on me and the night before I always tell him he can't have a birthday (I do it with my daughter too---that one's coming up in just a couple of weeks) and stuff like that. This year it actually was bugging me that he's having another one because he's now into the "double digits", and it started really sinking in that he's really growing up on me now!!! The little brat wrote me a poem (out of being a smart aleck) and had it delivered via the "Little Sister Express". It said..."Ha ha ha, he he he, I'm no longer a multiple of three!" Little booger butt!!! (Yep, that actually was my nickname for him when he was a tiny little baby! heehee)

I've been finding myself frustrated because there's not much to "say" the last few days (on my blog and on the forums to which I belong), and I don't want to post for the sake of posting and ending up rambling (as I am doing here). So, this song came to mind, has nothing to do with me not posting, but I love it anyway. I'm speechless from feeling "blah", but I'd rather be speechless for the reasons in these lyrics. I'm praying I'll be in awe and speechless soon......

Hey, Jamie would you mind
Driving down this road awhile
Arizona's waiting on these eyes
Rich is on the radio
And I think we ought to take it slow
Arizona's caught me by surprise

Hey, Jamie, have you heard
'A picture paints a thousand words'
But the photographs don't tell it all
I see the eagle swim the canyon sea
Creation yawns in front of me
Oh Lord, I never felt so small

And I don't believe that I believed in You
as deeply as today
I reckon what I'm saying is
there's nothing more
nothing more to say

And the mountains sing
Your glory hallelujah
The canyons echo sweet amazing grace
My spirit sails
The mighty gales are bellowing Your name
And I've gotten nothing to say
No, I've got nothing to say

Hey, Jamie, do you see
I'm broken by this majesty
So much glory in so little time
So turn off the radio
Let's listen to the songs we know
All praise to Him who reigns on high

And I don't believe that I believed in You
as deeply as today
I reckon what I'm saying is
there's nothing more
nothing more to say

And the mountains sing
Your glory hallelujah
The canyons echo sweet amazing grace
My spirit sails
The mighty gales are bellowing Your name
And I've gotten nothing to say
No, I've got nothing to say

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah hallelujah

And the mountains sing
Your glory hallelujah
The canyons echo sweet amazing grace
My spirit sails
The mighty gales are bellowing Your name
And I've gotten nothing to say
No, I've got nothing to say

Hey Jamie would you mind
Driving down this road awhile
Arizona's caught me by surprise

"Nothing to Say"--sung by Andrew Peterson