It's from America, and so rather more expressive than we'd tend to be in the UK. You might say it was sentimental, imagining the words of God; but I think sentiment is underrated. After all it basically means "feeling" - which is an important part of human experience. The whole script is based on a psalm:
Dear one of Mine,
I see you need encouragement today.
I actually see you every day, all day.
I'm the One who watches over you
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a long time before I made the earth or Milky Way.
I couldn't wait to see you born and to see your life unfold.
I love you so much and have since before anything existed.
I've poured out My love on you from heaven above and earth below.
I've poured out my love from a manger and down from a cross.
Both today's enjoyments and today's difficulties are real,
but they are temporary.
Your forever rejoicing will come soon -
when I do.
Until then, know that you are loved,
and let that love fill you with peace this very day.
(Based on Psalm 139.1-18, by Rose Mary Harris © DaySpring Cards Inc)
On the back of the envelope is "The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need." Psalm 23:1. I'm hoping my friend will appreciate it. "Difficulties" is hardly an adequate word to describe what she's going through. They are real and no doubt seem interminable, but it's true, they are only temporary, and there is an eternity of being loved - which has already started in the manger and on the cross.
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