I know you, daughter.
I know fear, strife,
Sorrow.
I know what is from me
And what is not.
To teach is to show,
To love is to reveal,
Not to inflict,
Oppress.
Bravery can feel
Impossible when
You forget that I
Know you.
Come to the One who knows
Every pain,
Every hope,
Every turn,
Everything that steals.
Rest with the One who knows,
Who loves,
Who reveals, at the right
Time.
Come with me to lead,
To know,
To see,
To follow,
To trust that there is
So much more.
So much more awaits, my daughter.
More than you can see,
But I can see.
I AM in it now,
And I see it is good.
Come with the One who sees.
Come with the One who
Knows all,
Knows you,
Knows when your heart failed,
When it burst and you didn’t know
You could pick up the pieces,
When it refused to go,
Refused to feel,
Refused to hope any longer.
Remember the One who knows
You.
Who knows how to revive the heart
That fails,
That hasn’t seen for so long
What it’s been waiting for,
The life and light that it knows
Is there but cannot
See.
Daughter, come to the One who loves it
Even as it refuses, consigned to dark,
To fear,
To suffering in the way
Only a heart can.
I know because I made it
When I made you.
Daughter, I know you.
I know you and
Because I know you,
I love you.
The One who loves
Is the One who saves, who redeems
The heart.
Only I, daughter.
Only I
Know.
There is more, my love,
More than you know.
More than you can see.
More than anyone sees.
Do you believe it?
My daughter, do you believe that it is
Known?
Do you believe that what is known is not
Always seen?
It is known.
You are known.
You are known, seen.
Loved.
Loved as no other.
Loved as a daughter who can
Hope, who can know
That more is coming,
That more is who her father is.
More is what her heart already has,
Already knows.
You will see, daughter.
You will see and know and feel and love,
if you let me show you, make it
Known.
See Psalm 34:18; Proverbs 4:23; Matthew 11:28-30; John 2:23-25; John 3:1-21; John 6:35-40; Romans 8:26-30
These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.