하나님 아버지의 Love Letter

My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1 [시편 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 [시편 139:3]

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31 [마태복음 10:29-31]

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27 [창세기 1:27]

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28 [사도행전 17:28]

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28 [사도행전 17:28]

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5 [예레미아 1:4-5]

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12 [에베소서 1:11-12]

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16 [시편 139:15-16]

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26 [사도행전 17:26]

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14 [시편 139:14]

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13 [시편 139:13]

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6 [시편 71:6}

I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44 [요한복음 8:41-44]

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16 [요한 1서 4;16]

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1 [요한 1서 3:1]

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1 [요한 1서 3:1]

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11 [마태복음 7:11]

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48 [마태복음 5:48]

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17 [야고보서 1:17]

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33 [마태복음 6:31-33]

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 [예레미아 29:11]

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3 [예레미아 31:3]

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18 [시편 139:17-18]

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 [스바냐 3:17]

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40 [예레미아 32:40]

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5 [출애굽기 19:5]

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41 [예레미아 32:41]

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3 [예레미아 33:3]

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29 [신명기 4:29]

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 [시편 37:4]

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13 [빌립보서 2:13]

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20 [에베소서 3:20]

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 [데살로니가 후서 2:16-17]

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 [고린도 후서 1:3-4]

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18 [시편 34:18]

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11 [이사야 40:11]

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4 [요한계시록 21:3-4]

And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4  [요한계시록 21:3-4]

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23 [요한복음 17:23]

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26 [요한복음 17:26]

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3 [히브리서 1:3]

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31 [로마서 8:31]

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 [고린도후서 5:18-19]

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 [고린도후서 5:18-19]

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10 [요한1서 4:10]

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32 [로마서 8:31-32]

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23 [요한1서 2:23]

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39 [로마서 8:38-39]

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7 [누가복음 15:7]

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15 [에베소서 3:14-15]

My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13 [요한복음 1:12-13]

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32 [누가복음 15:11-32]

Love, Your Dad

Almighty God


63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Center for Disease Control)
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26, 1978.)
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.)
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes (Source: Rainbows for all God`s Children.)
70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept 1988)
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992