Valentine's Day

This almost made cry... as of lately I'm just really figuring out how much my Savior loves me and every time I'm shown it and it really hits me I start to tear up. My heavenly father means everything to me and I pray one day you'll feel that too.

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.
Psalms 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 your 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 party
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

Day Five

Today has been a little bit harder to smile but my reason is because I was able to spend dinner time at my cousins. I had a blast watching Cliff cook dinner and eating it. :) Cause seriously he's a good cook! :)

Day Four

My reason today is short and simple but means the world to me. I'm able to smile today because God has placed the most amazing, loving, enduring friends in my life. I am blessed.

Day Three

Well my reason to smile has come pretty early today... As I was leaving the gym and heading to my car in the parking lot... its raining and wet and cold... and behind me I hear a voice say "You forgot something." I turned around and there he was... I thought he was busy so that's why I didn't bother to talk to him before I left but he came after me. We stood in the parking lot talking for a bit while the rain came down. Just before we said goodbye he gave me a hug. I hadn't realized how much I needed one until that moment. So that's my reason to smile today... because God knew I needed a hug.

p.s. I know you're gonna ask who this guy is and how I feel about him... but I ain't answering yet cause I haven't figured it all out.

Day Two

This year I feel like there is just so much pain. A lot of people have been sharing their stories with me and it breaks my heart to see such heartache. All week I've been asking myself whats happened to this world and the people who live in it? When did we allow ourselves to be so selfish and mean? I feel like there is so much evil spreading...and it makes me wonder if there even is any good left.

...Today I found some and it made me smile. Today I witness a helper... She was kind and sweet and caring and wanted to protect. It was nice because it reminded me that there is still good out in the world.

Mr. Rogers once said... "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world."

So remember that statement when things look bleak. Look for the helpers because you will find them.

That's my reason to smile. :)

Day One

I've decided to turn my blog into 28 Days of reasons to smile. :) So here I go!

Reason one - Because Jesus loves me even when I can't find a reason to love myself.

How cool is that to know? That He'll love you through anything and everything and always be there! Now that's a reason to smile :)

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:28-29