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(Dad:) It's sad that you felt so useless and unlovely, that you felt like you should just throw away your opportunity there on Earth to be a blessing to others. Of course I would be happy to see you and have you on my team Here, but you wouldn't want to arrive before your time and out of the Lord's will and miss all that He has planned and has in store for you there on Earth in the days ahead! There's so much ahead that you don't realize, and I'm sure you wouldn't want to miss it!
I know that life on Earth in the flesh can be a real battle sometimes, a real trial and trying of your faith. You can get pretty low and discouraged, especially if you listen to the Enemy and his lies about you, and even your negative thoughts about yourself.
But you are so valuable! You are worth so much! You are so priceless to Jesus that your worth couldn't possibly be estimated! You're off the charts! Jesus only has one of you, and you are so very precious and dear and special to Him. And He has special plans for you! He's been moving and working little by little in your life, day after day, year after year, very specially and particularly, ever since you were a tiny baby until this very day. He has a very special plan for your life with lots still ahead--big things and little things and very wonderful things that you couldn't even imagine now!
So don't give up! Don't let that ol' Punk tell you that you aren't worth anything or that you aren't useful or that you aren't beautiful and all those things, because you are! He's just scared spitless that if you keep going for the Lord and growing and becoming a mighty loving force for Jesus, that you're going to give him lots of trouble and help defeat his plans!
So hang in there, my beautiful little love-dove, and fly up on the wings of faith and love and positiveness and encouragement out of the Enemy's reach and into God's beautiful, wonderful future on the winds of His Word and promises. I love you, and I'm counting on you!
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