Set Backs, and an amazing unconditional love

Hello internet friends,
  If anyone even reads this, then you will for sure see that I have not posted in quite a while. Seeing as a lot of this surrounds my ideals of "new years resolutions" you might think that I have already given up or that I have fallen behind. I assure you this is not the case. I am currently up to page 70 in the bible, and am enjoying reading Exodus which is what I am now on. The set back however came because I was in the hospital for a little bit, and that once released have been on very heavy antibiotics that make me quite dizzy. This has made it hard to want to sit down at a computer and type. However, I am back now. Instead of trying to bombard you with an insanely long post, or catch you up on all of the thoughts I have surrounding the scriptures I have read, I am instead simply going to share a story and two pamphlets.

I havent had a normal upbringing as I have mentioned, so I get myself through a lot of situations.When I went into the hospital via emergency room, I was alone. I was waiting for hours and hours and feeling quite lonely. Everywhere I looked around me, people had someone to sit with them. Friend, husband, mother, sister etc. Whatever the case may be. I was literally the only one sitting there alone. This began to weigh pretty heavily on me, especially because I was scared. In general, hospitals just freak me out, and in Dec. when I had gone into the hospital I ended up getting surgery. With all of that on my mind, I leave my seat and go to the bathroom. When I come back, no one had sat in my seat so I went to sit down again.There on the chair I had just previously been sitting on, was one of my favourite pamphlets. It is called "Father's Love Letter". Have you seen it? It is written as though it is a love letter from God to you as His child, and is made up entirely of scriptures. When I was first getting into my faith, Caleb's mom actually gave me one, and I cherished it. It was just what I needed then, and again just what I needed in the hospital. Here it is,

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 DadAlmighty God

wow, how amazing is that? It is always a comfort to me to be reminded of how much my Father loves me.I am always a believer that God comes to me when I need Him most, and speaks directly to me in any way He can. He is the Great Comforter, and Encourager. So to find this on my chair, I knew that God was saying hey, you may physically be alone, but I am ALWAYS with you. I am here, I am holding your hand, and it is in Me that you can take comfort.

Inside the love letter however, was a smaller pamphlet that also helped while in the hospital.It was entitled "In Times of Trouble" and inside said the following.

First: He brought me here. It is by His will I am in this difficult place: in that I will rest
Next: He wil keep me here in His love ad give me grace in this trial to behave as His child.
Then: He will make the testing a blessing, teach me the lessons He intends for me to learn, and working in the grace He intends to give.
Last: In His good tie He can bring me out again, how and when He knows.

Say: I am here...
1. By God's appointment
2. In His care
3. In His training
4. For His time

"And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me" Psalm 50:15

Wow. Two simple little pamphlets that someone placed on  my chair, but what a lasting impact they will have. I encourage you to read these fully a couple times, pray about them, meditate on them. Whether or not you are reading this from at home, at work, or heaven forbid a hospital bed, contemplate the essence and very depth of God's love for you. Even if you're not worried or in need of comforting, do the same. After all He loves us at all times, when we are at our very best and our very worst. Shouldn't we marvel at that frequently and often regardless of our state?

Love,

Kristy