Happy Birthday Fearless Trust

Editor’s note: Cheriann Riley is a friend who instills the kingdom of God in her daughter in every possible way. She is so intent on establishing her daughter’s true identity, that she named her Fearless Trust. This is a letter she wrote to her daughter:

A letter to my Fearless Trust on her fourth birthday:

Beautiful one,

You’re four years old today. You won’t be able to read this for awhile, but that’s not gonna stop me from writing it.

I am so in Love with you. I am amazed with my jaw on the floor multiple times every day by you. Dad uses you to show me what Love really is like. You already partner with Him so much in dashing any wrongful beliefs I have about what Love is like or about fear. Thank you. Keep it up.

Because Dad uses you to teach me so much about Love, I get humbled by how little I know about Love and constantly reminded I am still learning. I am honored he uses you to teach me about Love, I’m not threatened by that, I embrace that. It’s brilliant.

Thank you for being you. You have no idea how beautiful you are inside and out. You are a huge set of walking miracles, plural. I love your heart and spirit and inspired by it.

One thing I really want you to know, I am most honored every time I get to serve you in some way. You’ll understand later how rare it is that an older generation realizes and walks out serving the younger generation and that is the way it is supposed to be in the beginning. You can’t serve unless you have been served. You can’t honor unless you have been honored. You can’t respect until you have been respected.

What an honor it is that I was chosen to serve you, to sow into you, to bless you. I know you study that and watch that and then you do back to me what I first did for you. And then I cry tears of joy. Not because of what you did for me, but because I know you are understanding and getting this and you’re gonna take that foundation to generations beyond what I can touch myself. We’re creating a legacy of honor, respect, excellence and it’s generational blessings that will reap so much in interest on top of what was sown. The legacy of true Love will grow and not be broken. It’s a good foundation on Dad that will stand the test of time, because Love wins.

You must know that I will ever be proud of you and that will never change. It’s not based on what you do so it can never be broken by anything you do ever.

I have made mistakes and will continue making them. I’m not Dad. I’m never gonna claim to be. What I can say is that I will own up to them, I will apologize, make amends if necessary, and work with you so that our relationship is stronger than ever and discuss things so that I don’t easily damage our relationship in the same way by the same mistake again, if I can help it. Thanks for letting me know in a righteous way when I’m wrong. You can always do that. There’s always freedom to talk about how we can improve and work on our relationship. No subject is taboo. I’m ready and willing always.

You don’t quite know who Dad is at your age, but you’re growing in that. You see him all the time in us without realizing it. He will be the one that covers where I cannot. He always has your back, your front, your every side. He will never stop doing good to you and is ever biased TOWARDS you. Your middle name is Proclaim Goodness, and that’s talking about him and his heart towards you. I named you this so you would always know his goodness is your legacy to live and to share, that it would be your living reality that you abide in for all of your days.

Beloved, I adore you now, and as you grow, I am looking forward to getting to know you more and more and how I can best serve you, partner with you, and be your second best encourager, next to Dad Himself. All of the wisdom Dad has and continues to give me, it is yours. May you wield that wisely and add to it and give it away to the generation after you as He shows you to.

You are a myriad of multiple blessings to me. Thank you. You will never be a disappointment to me. You will never be discouragement to anyone except the enemy. I honor you. I accept you. I delight in you. I am so looking forward to all our adventures in Dad together this side of eternity and the next.

I will live this out towards you, but I also say it as often as I can, that I Love You.

The most joyful of birthdays this year to you, and may this year be your best one yet. There’s a lot of things your daddy and I have been working on, in secret, mainly for you. And this year, you’ll start to see some of it come to pass and keep on unfolding in the years to come. Part of our present to you, just for you. The best is yet to come, my Love.

With an ever growing, mind blowing, radiant Love,

~Mama, also known as Cherieann. ♥ ♥ ♥