Need a little Love?

So, yesterday I referred to "God's Love Letter", a sheet of paper with over 50 verses on it describing God's love for us and I thought I'd share it with all of you...enjoy <3

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 Dad
Almighty God

 

I hope that this letter meant as much to you as it did to me! :)

Security...Compromised

Insecurity: The anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure

anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

Insecurity is probably one of the biggest problems that teen girls face and although it is more of a mental/emotional problem and doesn’t seem as dangerous as drugs, or say alchol, it is tearing apart young girls in our generation.

You may be listening to this and thinking “Well, I’m the only one who faces it. There are so many girls that have it all together and they don’t face it.” But in reality, all girls go through it. No matter how old you are, no matter who you are, no matter what you wear or who you talk to, everyone faces it. You just have to know that you aren’t alone.

I can honestly say that I faced insecurity. It held me back and didn’t allow me to be myself. I was so stuck on wanting to fit in and be like evrybody else that I was wearing a mask. My mask was hiding my Christianity, it was hiding how I truly felt about situations, and it was hiding everything my parents has raised up their little girl to become. I was so focused on what people thought of me that my mask began to become a part of me and to be honest, I wasn’t ready to let it go.

At one point I was so angry at the way I looked, I hated everything about me, my nose was too big, my skin was horrible and my hair was too short for my face and no matter how hard I tries I couldn’t seem to find any good or pretty part of me. People would always tell me things like, “oh you look so pretty today” or “I like your hair” but because of my insecurity I would just say “No” I would tear down any compliment I recieved because I truly didn’t believe it.

I had to really pray through my insecurity because it was controlling my life and I wouldn’t see the real Timmerie in the mirror, I would just see a mask, a person who wasn’t me. I also saw a very sad girl who just wanted to pull her life back together. One of my kids church leaders at the time gave me a sheet of paper with about 50 verses on it talking about how much God loved me and that was my breaking point. I realized what my insecurity was doing to me and decided that in order to live out everything God has for me I had to see myself the way he sees me, a beautiful girl who he is so proud of and loves so much. I honestly don’t know where I would be at this point if I hadn’t trusted God to help me through it because without him, without him my life would be nothing but empty.