Every year in third grade the students receive a Bible from the school that is presented from their parents. Each parent writes a special note to their child in the front of the Bible and prays over their child during the chapel service. I praise God for the blessing that has been to my girls. They each have a handwritten note from their father to them specifically noting who they are in his eyes, how much he loves them and his desire to have them know and love the Lord. This is a gift that is irreplaceable. It honestly scares me that they keep it all day at school since it the greatest treasure they have, and yet I love that they can open their Bible at school any time and read the love both their Heavenly Father and daddy had for them in their Words.
In the same way, my heart breaks that Caleb does not have that. He has no special note written to him. He was loved, but oh how I wish I had something for Caleb that would be written just for him from his daddy. Please go home and write a note to your child telling them how much you love them, what you see in them, what you pray for them. They need those notes. No one ever knows how much a note from you to your child may mean to them one day. I do know for my girls it is the greatest treasure their daddy left.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God. 1 John 3:!
So I am learning that there is usually a reason that God wakes me up in the middle of the night and won’t let me sleep. I so wish that Caleb could have a handwritten note from his Dad, but I am thankful he does have a note written from his Heavenly Father.
ReplyDeleteCaleb,
The Creator of the universe, your Father, loves you with an everlasting love (Jer 31:3) He thinks about you constantly (Ps 139:17) You were planned before the very creation of the world (Eph 1:4) You are the apple of his eye and nobody can mess with you because (Zech 2:8) He protects you and his angels encamp around you (Ps 34:7) He knows everything about you, even the number of hairs on your head (Matt 10:30) He is so crazy about you that He sings and dances over you (Zeph 3:17)
Caleb, God has given you a determined spirit. A faith that can move mountains ( Mark 11:22) You are the bearer of good news (Is 52:2) You bring joy and light to others( Matt 5:14) You are a mighty warrior and are equipped with the full armor of God ( Eph 6:10-16) The Holy Spirit is in you (1Cor 6:19) You are going to do great and amazing things for God ( Eph 2:10)
I know your Heavenly Father and your Dad love you and are proud of you. Love Aunt Marian
I LOVE these verses and will definitely use them. So good!
DeleteNot the same as a written word, but they say a picture paints a thousand words. When it's Caleb's turn to receive his Bible, maybe include a picture of Josh and Caleb that shows how much his Daddy loved him.
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DeleteThat's great advice Kelly. And while Caleb may not have a note like that from Josh, I pray the Lord provides him with something really special that provides him that fatherly comfort even if in a different way, be it a picture collage of daddy or maybe his daddy's old bible, etc. Lord, give him that undeniable knowledge each day when he needs it most that his daddy loves who he is as a boy in Christ and the man he will become someday. 💙
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