Letter from God

My child,
Listen to the river, hear the sounds of the birds, the insects.
Feel the warmth of the sun on your skin.
Put aside all your worries about what tomorrow may bring, for today is a gift of love from me to you.
Yes, the world is still going on just like it was yesterday, there is still pain, still suffering, still sickness and death.
But I want what is best for you, not what is worst.
My heart grieves when you grieve, and rejoices when you rejoice.
The world may hurt you and hate you, but I love you.
I always have. I always will.
It was my love for you that created this all for you.
It was my love for you that fashioned the trees, the butterflies, the river. It was my love for you that made me give up everything to attempt and win you back. I was heartbroken when you left me, when I could see you were going to die.
So my love for you caused me to send my son to earth to be judged in your place, and take your punishment of death.
You may have hated me, but that doesn't matter - I loved you.
You may have forgotten me, but I remember you.
You may not have lived for me, but I died for you.
Everything you have lost, I want to give back.
Every one of your failures, I want to remove.
Every one of your mistakes, I want to forgive.
Come home, I miss you.
I'm calling out to you.
From Your Father God.