A popular idea is that God is really mad at people and can hardly wait to punish them for their sins.
The truth is that God has already forgiven people. Now accepting His forgiveness is your responsibility.
Angels may not come when you call them, but they'll always be there when you need them...
"Life is like a tapestry.
The bottom faces the earth and the top faces heavenward.
God can see the beauty of the work He is doing and the picture as it is completed.
All that we on earth can see are the knots and loops on the back side.
When we get to heaven, we can then look down on the tapestry and see it all complete and it will be very beautiful.
It takes faith in Christ to be able to live with the knots down here."
I will admit that there have been many dark days during my lifetime that I had to really search for His hand.
Sometimes it would take a very long time, but somehow, I always managed to find it.
God has always had a lot of patience with me and I know He loves me just as He does everyone else.
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I also believe that our different experiences will usually leave some sort of impact on the world around us.
Other lives can be touched as a result of our responses to these traumas we go through.
If we accept these things as the "Will of God," our lives can be enriched to reach out or to touch other lives with more sensitivity, compassion, and a deeper understanding.
You cannot dry the tears of others who weep unless you have cried yourself.
So as contradictory as it may sound, I believe that all the physical pains, troubles, griefs, and heartaches that we all have to go through at different times of our lives, can actually be deep spiritual experiences for us.
Our "afflictions" may really be "gifts" sent in disguise, but we so very often fail to recognize them as such.
God has His own way of doing things that are only best for us.
People who are real and not into putting out an aura of perfection- God loves you just the way you are!(But He loves us too much to leave us that way!)
People who are hurting or just want someone to talk to
People who love God and those who are still looking for Him!
I know where He is- I will help you find Him! ~
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God will use every circumstance in your life to fulfill his eternal purpose for your life.
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Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our path, is the perfect preparation only He can see.
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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
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Knowledge is learned but Wisdom is earned.
Through Jesus Christ, we see love at its purest. Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). The picture of pure, passionate love is caught in the frame of Jesus loving you while hanging on the cross.
God made His love visible in Christ. And Jesus showed that love is measured not merely by feelings, but by sacrifice.
How can you know pure love? Imagine asking Jesus, "How much do you love me?" He would stretch out His arms, with His nail-pierced hands, and say, "This much."
You can experience His pure love.
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Who Am I...Casting Crowns
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Father's Love Letter
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.
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My dear child...........
I am the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
I demonstrated My own love for you in this: While you were still sinners, I died for you.
For great is My love, reaching to the heavens; My faithfulness reaches to the skies!
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. I am faithful to all My promises and loving toward all I have made.
I uphold all those who fall and lift up all who are bowed down....I am near to all who call on Me, to all who call on Me in truth.
I fulfill the desires of those who fear Me; I hear their cry and save them.
I AM LOVE.
Delight yourself in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart.
I know the plans that I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Trust in Me with all your heart and don't lean on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge Me, and I will make your paths straight.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.
I Myself will go before you and will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
I am with you; I am your helper. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken!
Cast your cares on Me and I will sustain you; I will never let the righteous fall.
If you listen to Me you will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.
I will watch over your life. I am close to the brokenhearted and save those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but I will deliver him from them all.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Cast all your anxiety on Me because I care for you!
Because you love Me, I will rescue you; I will protect you, for you acknowledge My name.
You will call upon Me, and I will answer you; I will be with you in trouble, I will deliver you and honor you.
With long life I will satisfy you and show you My salvation.
If I am for you, who can be against you?
Who shall separate you from My love? Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate you from My love.
My love for you endures forever!
With All My Love,
The Lord