Love Letters
Read Romans 12:1-2
You show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God ... on tablets of human hearts.
-2 Corinthians 3:3 (NRSV)
IN this day of electronic correspondence, we don't spend much time or effort writing letters on paper. It is easier and quicker, not to mention less expensive, just to send an e-mail. Press a key - instant communication!
Our lives can be Christ's instant letters to the world, addressed to everyone we meet every day. Such letters are short and to the point. They can be read instantly by those we come in contact with - a store clerk, a co-worker, another driver on the highway, the kicking child behind us on an airplane, someone at church. Christ wants to use us to communicate love to those we meet. Do we let Christ communicate the message he wants to send, or do we let our desires, anger, or need to control get in the way and block the message instead?
We are not left alone in this work of communicating love. God gave us the Holy Spirit to transform us by the renewing of our minds so that we become the living, loving message God intends.
M. Ted Haynes (Texas, USA)
Dear God, show us how to yield to you so we can be your letter to others and carry your message of love. Amen.
What message am I sending to those I meet today?
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To be Christ's "instant letter"
