I Want to Tell You I Love You

I want to tell you I love you.
I knew you before you were born, before your parents were born, before your grandparents were born.  I saw you, and it was love at first sight.  You are unlike any other person in all of time.  I have given you dreams and talents and quirks that no one else shares. I have a purpose for you and only you.

I want to tell you I love you.
Those days of sunshine that are delicious and warm, full of waving trees and fresh cut grass.  The miracle of water ebbing, flowing.  Those sunsets that take your breath away and the thunderclouds that seem too massive to be real.  I made them for you as hints of my love.

I want to tell you I love you.
I know every injustice done to you.  I know every hurt and I grieve with you.  Every single person in this life will fail you at least once.  One of the hardest parts of life is knowing when to forgive and move forward and when it's time to step away. But I will never fail you. Never.

I want to tell you I love you.
I know that the circumstances of your life will not always make sense.  Human beings and the world are finite.  Limited. Sin has personal and corporate consequence.  Faith in an infinite God of truth and love is not easy. Trust in an infinite God of truth and love is not common.

I want to tell you I love you.
True love is never selfish and it does not manipulate.  I will never force you or trick you to love me back.  The gift of decision is yours.  I will send reminders of my love throughout your life. Through words and people and nature and art and more.  Birth to death. 

I want to tell you I love you.
When you consider my love, I am a breath away. A split-second. A heart beat.  It does not matter what you have done, what you have not done, what you have thought about doing.  There's grace for it all.  Every single second.  So, I can start now...healing that gaping ache inside.  I want to replace it.  With Hope. Life. Love eternal. 

I want to tell you I love you.

 
Jer. 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Dedicated to those with big hurts, big questions, and those trying to find where they fit.  So, pretty much all of us...