The First To See You Smile

I beheld you fully

although you were still invisible to the human eye.

I picked you up and pulled you close to My heart.

I was the first to see you smile.

Gently, with happy tears

I placed you in your mother’s womb.

And prayed.

For a True Father always prays 

when He must be separated from His child.

I watched your birth day. I was there for all of your birthdays.

            I was there for all of your firsts.  

And I will be there for all of your lasts.

I chose your personality, your passions, 

your talents, your dreams – 

All that makes up the real you.  

That’s why even when you don’t understand you…

I DO…

Because I made you and I love you.  

I chose you. And from the day I let you go

I waited…

for you to chose Me back. 

On that day all of heaven rejoiced!

But I cried with incredible relief and joy

because I am Your Dad.

Nothing thrills My heart more 

than when you look to Me and call Me your Father.

Do it more.

And don’t stop doing it.

Even when you feel badly about yourself, 

your decisions, and your sins.

Run to Me.

Tell Me that you love Me.

Ask Me to forgive you. Ask Me to help you.

And watch Me 

take your biggest mess 

and make it your greatest blessing!

Don’t forget Who I AM…

And don’t forget Whose you are.

I was the first to see you smile.         

                                 kathleen whitten