you're wonderful

this is a passage in a book i'm giving away as a present (i had to take a peek before i give it away):

if he had a calender, your birthday would be circled.
if he drove a car your name would be on his bumper.
if there's a tree in heaven he's carved your name in the bark.
i have written your name on my hand. (Isaiah 49:16)

maybe you don't want to trouble God with your hurts.
But...
"he cares about you" (1 Peter 5:7)
he's waiting for you, to embrace you whether you succeed or fail.
your heavenly Father is very fond of you and only wants to share his love with you.
flooded by emotion, overcome by pride,
the Starmaker turns to us,
one by one, and says,
But i want you to know,
i've already provided a way back.
you have captured the heart of God.
He cannot bear to live without you.
God's dream is to make you right with him.
And the path to the cross tells us exaclty how far God will go to call us back.
"can anything make me stop loving you?" God asks.
"you wonder how long my love will last?
watch me speak your language,
sleep on your earth,
and feel your hurts.
find your answer on a splintered cross,
on a craggy hill.
that's how much i love you."
God does more than forgive our mistakes;
he removes them!
we simply have to take them to him.
you can talk to God
because God listens.
let a tear appear on your cheek, and
he is there to wipe it.
He has sent his angels
to care for you,
his Holy spirit to dwell in you...
his church to encourage you,
and his word to guide you.
as much as you want to see him,
he wants to see you more.
if you want to touch God's heart,
use the name he loves to hear.
call him "Father."
he thinks you're wonderful!

passage by Max Lucado in "God thinks you're wonderful"