Okay, did you ever ask yourself the question; Do I know how to love or if I ever did know how to love, have I since forgotten the truth of what it truly means to love? There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about the Fathers Heart for me and His agápē love for me. I pray that my desire to know the full depth of that love the Lord has for me, to see Him as He sees me and to truly see myself as He sees me, will be established to the fullest depth of my heart, soul, mind and spirit. As we are all called to “love God with all [our] heart, with all [our] soul, with all [our] strength, and with all [our] mind and to love others as we love ourselves.” (Luke 10:27) Knowing this causes me to ask the question; is just knowing the Lord loves us enough for us to love Him? Simply put, no! We know we can love Him only “because he loved us first.” (1 John 4:19) Therefore, we are not capable of loving the Lord without His love first being established in us. Ouch, and growing up I was led to believe; “I could do anything I set my mind to.” The world will tell you anything (i.e. lie) to make you feel better and miss what the Father has for you.
Maybe, just maybe, I need to hear the Father profess His love over me again and again. Hearing the love of your life tell you how much you are loved has the effect of stilling any concerns we may have that we are not loved. We know from John’s letter that “there is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.” (1 John 4:18)
The video below is the “Father’s Love Letter” – Enjoy hearing and knowing the depth of the Fathers love for you.
(This original version of the Father’s Love Letter narration was first created in 2001. With special thanks to narrator Roy Lamont and Robert Critchley for producing the music.)
Father’s Love
Okay, did you ever ask yourself the question; Do I know how to love or if I ever did know how to love, have I since forgotten the truth of what it truly means to love? There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about the Fathers Heart for me and His agápē love for me. I pray that my desire to know the full depth of that love the Lord has for me, to see Him as He sees me and to truly see myself as He sees me, will be established to the fullest depth of my heart, soul, mind and spirit. As we are all called to “love God with all [our] heart, with all [our] soul, with all [our] strength, and with all [our] mind and to love others as we love ourselves.” (Luke 10:27) Knowing this causes me to ask the question; is just knowing the Lord loves us enough for us to love Him? Simply put, no! We know we can love Him only “because he loved us first.” (1 John 4:19) Therefore, we are not capable of loving the Lord without His love first being established in us. Ouch, and growing up I was led to believe; “I could do anything I set my mind to.” The world will tell you anything (i.e. lie) to make you feel better and miss what the Father has for you.
Maybe, just maybe, I need to hear the Father profess His love over me again and again. Hearing the love of your life tell you how much you are loved has the effect of stilling any concerns we may have that we are not loved. We know from John’s letter that “there is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.” (1 John 4:18)
The video below is the “Father’s Love Letter” – Enjoy hearing and knowing the depth of the Fathers love for you.
(This original version of the Father’s Love Letter narration was first created in 2001. With special thanks to narrator Roy Lamont and Robert Critchley for producing the music.)