Can you see what I see?

 

It was 1962 when Bing Cosby sang ‘do you hear what I hear’ at Christmas.  I wonder if God wants to ask us one of the questions from the song this advent? ‘Can you see what I see’?  Imagine yourself looking in the mirror and as you do so hear God ask that very question… ‘Can you see what I see’?  I don’t know what you see when you look in the mirror but if you are anything like me you have a list of the imperfections, failures and future impossibilities.  I wonder if you do what I do in seeing in others strengths and giftedness and then compare them to our own weaknesses and inadequacies.  And when it comes to our own strengths we see them as insignificant and not worthy of comparison.  Does this sound familiar?  God asks, ‘can you see what I see’?

We are not alone with our distorted mirrors!  The bible is full of stories of distorted mirrors.  Moses would look in the mirror and see a stuttering murderer.  God asks ‘can you see what I see’?  Because God saw someone who would approach Pharaoh, do unthinkable miracles and lead a people out of slavery towards the promise land.  Gideon would look in the mirror and see the least person, in the least family, in the least tribe in the whole of Israel.  God asks ‘can you see what I see’?  Because God saw him as a mighty warrior who would lead the defeat of the Midianites.  Peter saw himself after the cross as a failure who had failed Jesus three times.  God asks ‘can you see what I see’?  Because he saw the man as the rock on which the entire church would be built upon.  As you look in the mirror, God asks ‘can you see what I see’?

With permission from father heart communications ©1999, here is a wonderful letter God would have us read as we look in the mirror.  My friends, can you see what God sees?  After you have read maybe listen to this great song, you’re a good, good father found here:
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Be blessed! 

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