Family Pictures! At long last!

The Hofer Family all together for the first time in the states since I graduated High School in 2004. We stayed in Roach, MO where we lived before we moved to our different locations. These pictures were taken in August the day before Shyla left for college and two days before I started at College of the Ozarks. Pastor Bob Aubuchon took the pictures of the family in which we were all together. I took the rest of them, except for the kids and girl shots. I took the one of just myself. I adore my family! They are wonderful and I love them to pieces! They are mine even if I think they are nutty at times! It is probably because I am too!

Shyla, David, Myra, Shasta, Jeffery

We wanted to pose like all the kids do in Papua New Guinea. I have no idea about Shyla's serious face. But my daddy's is really animated!!! And we got it on film. I love him!

David and Myra
These are my lovely parents. They have been married almost 25 years. That anniversary is just around the corner in February. I could be so lucky to have a relationship like theirs. It has been through the fire and come out tried and true. My daddy is the world's most amazing man (until I am gifted with one of my own but he will still have a fighting chance at the title). He is patient and so full of knowledge. I am able to ask him anything I want and he can tell me the answer or will find it for me. Plus, he is very patient and is very humorous. I always owe my daddy cookies!!! My momma is the world's most unique woman. She has overcome a lot in her lifetime and is an encouragement to all the women and girls she meets. She loves to do things for others and to teach them. My momma is the reason I can cook and clean and take care of a household. She most definitely has a spirit of hospitality.

The Children/Siblings

Shyla, Jeffery, Shasta

My siblings are the best. We used to do so much it is amazing my momma does not have more gray hair then she does. As much as we competed with and tried to get one up-manship on each other, we did not let anyone harsh or hurt our siblings. My little babies are all growing into amazing adults. My sister and I are so much closer now since I have been out of the house for several years then we have ever been. And my little brother and I are just starting our with our adult relationship but I still will always owe him cookies too!

Shasta (Me)

Shyla

Jeffery

The Women

The Men who I shall eternally owe cookies to!

CofO Basketball Game

One of the many joys of college are sporting events. Here are some pictures of a basketball game against our school's rival Evangel. We won!!!

My roommate Kelsey and Me

My roommate with her sisters and me
Kirsten, Kaitlin, Kelsey, Shasta

The blimp!

Myself and Jennifer Burns. We work together at the Cafeteria and go to the same bible study.

The girls playing basketball. We are the girls in a white uniform.

The cheerleaders. We have about 6 male cheerleaders. The girls are tossed and held up in the air a lot.

Life at CofO - Roomie

Here are some pictures of my roommate Kelsey and me doing different things.





My roommate and me at the lookout at TableRock Lake the dam is in the background.

My roommate and the rest of the triplets.
Me being myself
Me in my highland hat from PNG.


I am beating her up......
not really, I love her

Kelsey, Katelin, and Shasta

My dorm room

My room at college is about the size of my walk-in closet last year. But it was been fun learning to become creative with the space given.

This is the dorm I live in here at College of the Ozarks. Foster Dorm.My door into my room. It mostly has my stuff on the door. It has one of my favorite verse. Seek the Lord and His shall become the desires of your heart.

I am standing in the door way to try and get a shot. It was hard since there is literally no space to try and get a decent picture.

My bed with the quilt my momma made and Mister teddy.

My desk in a clean fashion. Normally, there is food and homework and some item of clothing on it.

Our chair that touches my desk with my bookshelf.

My roommate studying.
My roommate Kelsey Rusbarsky and myself.

Shasta's Song

Howdy Everybody!

It has been a long time in coming but here is an update! This summer I worked 70 hours a week to try to pay for school, rent, and other bills. I managed to make my down payment for school and pay some bills. I hit the ground running when school started. I managed to find a job off campus during the first week of school. I am a Customer Representative for Ozark Mountain Helicopter Company. My sister says I am the pretty face that just smiles. That pretty much sums it all up. I smile and inform people about helicopter rides. My second off campus job is at a watch cart there at Branson Landing. On campus I work in the school’s cafeteria. I am known as the omelet lady. I can now successfully flip an omelet in the air. The on campus job is required to pay for my education, the two off campus jobs are optional to try and make ends meat, but some how they do not always connect. I have learned to become creative with my finances.

Classes on the other hand are going really well. I have managed to have all A’s and B’s so far. I have really enjoyed digging in and studying. I guess I am a nerd so that is good. I have decided to add a second major to the one I am working on. I am adding to my Elementary Education major, Sociology with an emphasis in Social Work. Talk about adding more to an already hectic schedule! But I think it will be some valuable learning experiences that will be used for the rest of my life.

I miss the aspect of being on my own and working. I enjoyed it all really well, but I am enjoying getting to http://bgbrendle.blogspot.comknow new people. A few of the girls on the floor have nicknamed me the momma. It is a title I am okay and enjoy it. I applied to become an RA for next semester but there are only 2 positions. There will be more opportunities later. I have also gotten a chance to go to the dentist we still have a few cavities to fill but I am excited about getting them filled. Other then the dentist that is the only doctor I have seen all semester besides the school nurse. I saw her because I could not breathe, was dizzy and I could not feel my arms or legs. I had gotten a cold that turned into an infection overnight in my lungs. But I am better now. Major things have been happening in my family this semester. I never understood how going through major things affects everyone in your family. September came around with my little sister in a major car accident that almost killed her. The Lord was watching after her. It happened on a day that I was really homesick for my best friend. I had seen a car that was the same exact color, year, make, and model, it even had a Wisconsin license plate. Like a wave, the homesickness hit me in the middle of the sidewalk here at school. Murphy’s law was in affect that day and everything just was off and was not happening very well, so I went to bed early and ignored my phone when I heard my sister’s ringer. I ignored my mom’s and my aunt’s ringer also. Then I was out and my roomie answered the phone and I was on the road in 10 mins. My little sister goes to school an hour and a half from here. It took me two since I got lost. When I got there I took my confused and delusional sister to the ER. We finally left at 630am the next morning where I got an hour and a half nap after being up all night and I called insurance, wreckers, doctors, and professors. I never knew I could handle all that until it happened. It was not until the next day that reality hit me. I almost lost my baby sister. That was hard to take. Around this time my dad’s father had a stroke but he just told me that today 2 months later. Last month, my dad had surgery. So needless to say, I am looking forward to being able to sleep for a few days during Thanksgiving break. During Christmas, we are having a mini family reunion and my cousin is getting married. Life has been crazy but God has proven faithful time and time again. I am learning so much about His sovereignty and maturing with some of my attitudes.

It is now the end of the semester so things are going crazy with all those last minute projects and papers. Well, they are last minute now aren’t they. If I had time I would have started them earlier. As crazy busy as I am, I am loving every minute of it. I am so thankful the Lord has brought me here to this place at this time. Any other time I think my education would have been wasted on me. I am looking and praying as to what to do with my future. I am trying to figure out, well more like wait on the Lord as to what to do after graduation. Yes, I know I just started and I have 3 and ½ left but they fly by quickly.

Well, I need to end this so I can go and get ready for work!

Prayers Requests

Praise

• I have had a very healthy semester for me!
• I have adjusted decently to living in dorm life again.
• The Lord is continuously drawing me closer to Him.

Prayer

• That I would continue to relay on the Lord for all my needs.
• The Lord would provide for school costs.
• I would endure through all that I need to get done.

Praying Always,

Shasta

PS Please feel free to send cookies or letters anytime you think of me! I know that I have not been really faithful keeping up but when you work 30-35hrs a week and go to school there is no time. But I do appreciate those who pray for me!

NO SACRIFICE

To you I give my life, not just the parts I want to
To you I sacrifice these dreams that I hold on to

Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is stronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here's my life

To you I give the gifts
Your love has given me
How can I hoard the treasures that you've designed for free?

Because
Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is staronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here's my life

To you I give my future
As long as it may last
To you I give my present
To you I give my past

Because
Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is stronger than mine
Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is stronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here's my life

Jim Elliot, (1927 - 1956), Christian missionary and martyr.

• "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."

• "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation that you believe to be the will of God."

• "God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, LORD Jesus."

• "Saturate me with the oil of Thy Spirit, that I may be aflame. Make me Thy fuel O flame of God."

• "We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are "harmless," and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are "sideliners" -- coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!"

• "Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing" - Jim elliot

• "Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me. "- Jim Elliot

• "No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God. Then we can receive what He brings us in His own time, if at all. Instead we are set as bloodhouds after a partner, considering everyone we see until our minds are so concerned with the sex problem that we can talk of nothing else when bull-session time comes around. It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women—but he can think of them as he ought—as sisters, not as sparring partners!" - Shadow of the Almighty, Chapter 4

'The Hug Poem' by Bradly Hathaway

I read about how you touched them and they were healed
Or even if someone just touched your cloak they were forever changed
You let a broken women bathe your feet in her tears
And you washed your best friend’s feet
I am just wondering though did you just ever hug people

I mean I know that it is a silly question and all I am sure you would have why wouldn’t you
But its one of those things that was never mentioned that got me thinking about it

And how whenever there was a touch from you sins were forgiven and sickness fell
I think I’m caught up in my sins last time I checked all my body parts were properly working, nothing special here
I am just a kid with a heavy heart these passing sunrises and sunsets

I don’t think our encounter would have ended up in the gospels or anything
Because all I really need is a hug
That is ok for me to imagine right
That’s not going to be conflicting with any sort of theology is it
Ok good, then hug me

But not one of these side ways one arm around the neck type hugs
Or the ghetto right hand clasp fists elbows to chest pit pat on the back back
Or you put your right arm over my right arm and I put my left arm over your left arm and we make this weird sort of diagonal thing
Nah none of those

BEAR HUG ME MAN
Take your old school carpenter arms and throw them over my upper body leaving my arms dangling underneath yours somewhere and I can barely move them because your squeezing so hard
But don’t pick me up and make my back pop because I hate it when people do that

And hold me, hold me here in your arms until I start to cry because
I WANT TO CRY
But I just can’t seem to do it on my own
I have been teary eyed once recently but not even enough for a drip down my cheek
Theres just hurt in my soul that needs to be purged so hold me in this hold pose until the pain is flowing from my eyes and nose

‘I am a manly man’

I don’t want my long hair, pretty green eyes, with ( no! I do not have on mascara. ) eyelashes, skinny figure, undersized t-shirt, hip shake too much when I walk confuse anybody. I am a manly man.

Within this sissy frame, obviously rib laden chest lies a heart that beats to the drum of a native American ritual dancing wildness. It pumps an ever cascading supply of untamedness that a herd of wild mustangs have yet to grasp. If danger lurks about, I will seek it out. If adventure abounds, there I will be found. If a damsel be in distress, I will show her who is best. I am a manly man.

Because I don’t flush, and I leave the lid up.

I drive a 1988 Ford Pick-up truck. Girls don’t break up with me, I break up with them first. ( Except the last time, it didn’t really work out like that… ) I don’t shave the hair on my face ( Because I still can’t grow facial hair yet… ) But when I can, I won’t, because beards are tough.

I fart, burp, and spit when I want, not caring who’s nearby. Disrespect my momma, and I will punch you in the eye. I am a manly man.

Or am I? I tell my guy friends that I love ‘em. And sometimes, sometimes I even hug ‘em. Not because I’m gay, but because I love ‘em. And when I watched Bambi, I cried. And when my Mema gets mad, I still run and hide.

Like David, I wanna be a man after God’s own heart. And I’m not there yet, but I’m past the start. And when people talk, I try to listen. A spirit of compassion, that’s my vision. Surely I am a manly man. I want to be loved and have love and give love.

And not just that romantic kind either. Although I am looking for that beauty. Not helpless, but wants to be rescued. The damsel in distress, man, woman, myth, true. I will fight for her, climb the highest tower for her, love her, share with her, delight in her, be her warrior, her protector. She will be my crown and I will be hers. My masculinity will be passed down and affirmed to my sons. And each of my daughters will know they are lovely, and deserving of authentic romance.

Society tells me all day long that I’ve defined manhood completely wrong. But you ask any honest man, and he will agree. You ask any honest woman, and she too will see, that I am a manly man.

By Bradley Hathaway

Quick Update

It has been a while since my last update. Shortly after I wrote my grandpa passed away. I went down and spent a week in Texas with my family. My parents were not able to make it to the funeral since they were overseas in Papua New Guinea when Papa Jack died. I came back to Missouri and have been working way too many hours to be a normal human being (close to 60 to 70 hrs a week). Working at minimum wage makes one work longer to try and pay the bills. I have been trying to save up for school, pay off my credit card debts, and normal bills (ie, rent, gas, and cell.....etc) But I am surviving and enjoying myself. During the day, I work at a Day Care with School Age children. It is a total blast, yet somehow annoying with all the preteen attitudes, but I still love them! We spent each afternoon at the city pool so needless to say I have the darkest tan and most freckles I have ever had! Currently, I am weeks away from heading off to college. It feels odd being a freshman at 21yrs old. Most of the people from the school I have met graduated this last May. For those of you who have forgotten or just don't know. I am planning on earning my teaching degree. Well, I need to close this and go get a shower. Thank you for all your prayers!!! I could never do it without those!

Praying Always,
Shasta

More HaHaTonka

HaHaTonka

I decided that it was time for me to go on a hike since I like to explore and hike. Here are some of the pics from my outing.

This is the first time I have had to sit down and write. This last thursday my Papa Jack (My mother's father) passed away. I am down in Texas right now with family. The funeral is on Tuesday. My parents are not able to make the funeral due living around the world. During the service I will be reading a letter for my momma. I just want to thank you for all your prayers!

Praying Always,
Shasta

PS My move to Missouri went well. It is neat being able to reconnect with people from highschool.

"...let us run with perseverance the race marked before us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector or our faith, who for the joy before Him endured the cros, scorning the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1b-2

Jeff Foxworthy on teaching

YOU might be a school employee if....
you believe the playground should be equipped with Ritalin salt lick

...you want to slap the next person who says, 'Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off

...it is difficult to name your own child because there's no name you can come up with that doesn't bring high blood pressure as it is uttered

...you can tell it's a full moon or if it going to rain, snow, hail... anything!!! Without ever looking outside

...you believe, 'shallow gene pool' should have its own box on a report card

...you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, 'Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.'

...when out in public, you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know and correct their behavior

...you have no social life between August and June

...you think people should have a government permit before being allowed to reproduce

...you wonder how some parents MANAGED to reproduce

...you laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the 'lounge.'

...you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the UHAUL boxes should they decided to move out of district

...you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form

...you can't imaging how the ACLU could think that covering your students chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public

...meeting a child's parent instantly answers the question, 'Why is this kid like this?'

...you would choose a mammogram over a parent conference

...you think someone should invent antibacterial pencils and crayons...and desks and chairs for that matter!!!

...the words 'I have college debt for this?' has ever come out of your mouth

Here

I am now here in Missouri. It took me a while to sit down and write a new blog. Strangely enough, I have discovered something that can make me an emotional female and really whiney! Take my car away or make it break down and then you see a really whiney girl! I can not stand to have no wheels especially when I start a new job but well God is good and now it is fixed.
I start work tomorrow at a daycare in Osage Beach. I am a little excited and scared. I will be working with school age children which will be helpful with teaching down the road. I guess being around people that knew me while I was going through highschool has been a big blessing. I still do not know where the Lord will be leading me but I am taking it one step at a time. I know that God will continue to be faithful,

Boxes, no more Boxes! Please!

As most of you know, I am leaving poor cold, snowy Wisconsin and moving to Missouri. I have spent the better half, well actually the last 2 days packing everything! And I am so ready not to be packing and to be settled down at the other end. I have discovered I get really messy when I pack. The most annoying thing in the world, but well I can honestly say that I do it to myself! Well, I just thought that I would drop a quick note! Back to the boxes!

Opps! Yes, I will be doing some job hunting this next week in Missouri, craziness. So please pray! Thank you so much!

El Roi

El Roi is Hebrew for "You are the God who sees." (Genesis 16:13). I was reading in my devos today about how God sees everything. HE never leaves us or abandons us. I feel that prayer is very important and is a necessity for life. But I still struggle with life and at times I feel as if I am going to drown in my circumstances. I feel as if I am going to fall apart. But EL ROI sees it all. When we go to the Lord in prayer things change our attitudes become different, there is a peace that wasn't there before. A quote that really stood out to me as I pondered:

When turmoil seems to hold full sway
And be the ruler of the day,
I'll open up my heart and find
That God with peace can ease my mind. -Hess

Prayer tunes us in with God's heart. We become more open to hearing about what God has for us and seeing things through His eyes. So when life gets all jumbled up and twisted, remember to go to the Lord in prayer. HE really does care. HE sees all and wants to help you!

College Bound!

So yesterday, I got home from work and saw a big white envelope. I noticed that the return address was the one school I applied for next fall. I had to pump myself to open it, I just kept repeating that they don't send rejection letters in packets. Or did they? So i opened the letter and was speechless. Now a day letter I am really excited! But i need to sit down and fill out some paperwork, prepare my Sunday School lesson, figure out what songs my little kids will be singing since our song leader for Sunday School is gone, pay the bills, clean my house and prepare to move. So needless to say yup I am like going into overdrive trying to figure out where to start so I am going to go take a shower. Crazy I know but it is what I need for the moment. But God is amazing in His timing even if I think it should be faster! So needless so to say I am at a cross roads in life! And God will be there for me to lean on no matter what happens!

Shasta's Song

Hey Everybody!

This is my update. It was supposed to be my Christmas newsletter but it is now March. So either it is really super late or really super early. So, here is the recap of last year. Last Spring found me looking around for my first apartment and moving into it with roommates. Learning to pay bills and be solely responsible for my finances wound up being a hard experience. I found out many things about myself. Things like I tend to shop to clear my mind or to avoid dealing with life; when I see something on sale I gravitate towards it like bees to honey; I like to eat chocolate or ice cream for dinner after a long day at work, and it is easy to go buy new clothing when all the laundry is dirty. But those were just small things. I found the more I was on my own the more I realized that God was there by my side all the way. He was providing for me in practical ways all the time as I was getting grounded in life as a responsible adult. I even found that responsibilities calm and mature a person.

This summer my father and sister lived with me. It is not exactly the easiest thing to help get a high school graduate adjusted back to America. But I found that through that experience I grew closer to my baby sister as a person. This fall I finished up the last few classes I had at Bible School and became an official graduate of New Tribes Bible Institute in December. I also decided that it would be best to follow God’s leading and apply to College of the Ozarks in Missouri. I was originally trying to go and get a degree in Communications here in snow filled Wisconsin. I figured that it would be best to go do something I was good at, talking! But through some wise words from a dear lady, “Why are you wasting something God has given you and blessed you with!?!” She was referring to teaching. I had thought that question was odd since we were looking at a photo album, but it was something I had already been struggling with in my life. So I took it to the Lord in prayer and well, I decided that I should go get a teaching degree.

Today I received an acceptance letter today from College of the Ozarks. I will be entering this Fall. I am excited yet nervous! The Lord has totally caused me to have to trust Him in every area of life. Currently, I have been filling in for a Sunday School teacher at church and enjoying ever minute of it! Did you know that colorful stars work for giving a visual for leprosy??? I walked out of class with some still on my forehead and arms. It totally helped to add to the adult image. Hehehe But seriously, I have been getting more and more involved in my church and loving every minute of it. In two months I will be moving down to Camdenton, MO and living with a dear friend until school starts in the fall.

Well I should end this letter and head to bed. I gotta get up early to drive the school bus. I have a website shastahofer.blogspot.com that you can see and check up on me. I tend to update it more frequently then I send my newsletters.

Praying Always,

Shasta

PRAISE

God has allowed me to be stretched and shaped more and more like Him.

I got into school!!!!! Hurray! I am going to go get my teaching degree! (Children of course!)

God always provides in His timing.

PRAYER REQUESTS

That all my up coming decisions in the next 2 months will go well.

I can get my debt paid off so I can start saving for school.

The Lord would provide the required finances for school and the move. He always does so it is amazing to see how it happens!

That He would continue teaching and stretching me.

THANK YOU all so much for your prayers! They are such blessings! Words can never express what they mean to me as I grow and learn.

The Father's Love Letter

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. (Psalm 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 our 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 part 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 love you