You...

I want to take this moment to tell you that you are special.  You are loved and you were created and designed.  You were known before this world even existed.  You are not the byproduct of primordial ooze that was struck by lightening while the waters boiled at the right temperature while a comet crashed nearby and… you get the picture.

You were thought of- known- loved- and created.  You have a purpose. Regardless of who your earthly father may be, you have a perfect heavenly father who knows you better than you know yourself.  He knows what brings you joy- and he loves to share those things with you.  He loves you enough to give you free will and let you be your own person.  He doesn’t force you do anything, but delights when you choose to seek and follow his ways.  Not because he needs you- but because he wants to be with you and love you.

He is love, but he is also just and fair. His standards are unchanging- he is steadfast. He loves you enough to offer you correction when you do wander into something that will hurt you, but still gives you the final choice.  When you fall short and put yourself or anything else before him in sin, he loves you enough and has already paid the “bail” so that you can be seen as clean before him and be free if you so choose to accept.

He designed you and he loves you, and I just wanted you to know that.