Father’s Love Letter – Gelson Rocha

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. Psalm 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