Belated Happy Father's Day!

Belated Father's Day to all of you who are fathers. You play a very important role in the lives of your children. Your children need your positive role model more than you can imagine. They need your love and attention.

As a parent, we do the best we can do as a mom or a dad. Our best role model for a father is our Father God. Several years ago I read the following love letter from God. I was touched by it and I hope you will be blessed by it also.

"Father's Love Letter: An intimate message from God to you."

"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 are 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 that 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"

1999 Father Heart Communications - FathersLoveLetter.com

You Have a Gift.

This is a writing from my author friend, Susan Blount.

"I was listening to a story about a talented musician who had major surgery. He was still in the hospital. In the floor lobby was a piano that was open to those who wanted to play. It was a Sunday and he decided to play some hymns. At first there was no one there and he was tempted o think, "Why play when no one will hear?" God's voice said to him, "Just play, those who are supposed to come, will." a woman came and as he played, she began to weep. she told him, "You have a gift, just keep playing." She told him the story of her daughter's battle with cancer and they prayed. As I heard the words, "You have a gift", I thought of all those whose "gifts" have touched my life in a powerful way.

I also thought of times my gifts have touched others. But my heart's immediate and most powerful response was, "Yes! We have a gift."

Lately, I have been focusing on the Scripture in Isaiah 9:6 - a child is born to us, a son is given to us...these will be His royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. John 3:16: "For God so loved the world He gave the gift of His Son. Yes! We have a gift, and His name is Jesus! He is the gift.

Jesus is the gift that is given to us. He is the gift that is lived through us. By this gift we are enabled to powerfully touch, connect, influence and change our world and those in it." - Susan Blount

Susan writes some amazing Christian poems. She has written two books so far. One is available on amazon.com. The title is Hand of the Most High by Susan Blount

The other is title "God, You Said" which is available from Susan now and will soon be available on her upcoming website.

Where's My Phone?!

This is a testimony from my friend, Sue Blount.

"My friend, Rose Marie, came over the other day. She is one of my best friends who is always available to help me out when I need it. She usually comes over and helps me with my laundry and anything else I need help with.

It just so happened that the paper recycling had been forgotten on the last pickup day. The recycling bin was overflowing as well as the big bin outside. I asked her to help me burn some of it. We have a huge barbeque grill with a lid on it that works great for burning.

I have just returned home from rehab where I was recovering from a fractured vertebrae and am still using a walker. I had been sorting some stuff in my room and had put a bunch of papers in a basket. I put my basket on my walker and took it out to the grill, where we loaded the grill with papers, set them on fire and shut the lid. I watched as smoke billowed out of it. Satisfied that this problem was solved, we went inside to do laundry.

As we were working, I realized that I didn't have my cell phone. We tried calling it to no avail. I had previously turned the volume down. We searched all over, but no luck. We asked Jesus to help us, knowing that He would.

I knew where I thought I had it last, but it just wasn't there. Rose was very upset that we couldn't find it. Then the thought crossed my mind that we might have picked it up when we took the papers out of the basket on my walker, and that it might have been put in the grill. We went outside to look and when we opened the grill, I brushed through the ashes and didn't see it.

There were some papers that had fallen on the side of the grill that didn't burn. Then I saw it! It was lying there and it wasn't melted. I picked it up and opened it and everything on it works perfectly. The only thing is that the case smells like smoke.

Thank you, Jesus for keeping it safe. And I know that if He is willing to look out for my phone, how much more will He look out for me and you?!! This happened last Tuesday. It's pretty amazing!!"