“Love Letters” - Sandra Fischer
You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 ESV
Have you ever received a love letter? Maybe you have some tucked away that you bring out to reread and savor again and again. Love letters like those have changed. Once written by hand on fine stationery, they come now in all kinds of digital forms. But one kind of love letter will never go out of style. It’s the one Paul spoke about in his epistle to the Corinthians. “You yourselves are our letter. . .from Christ. . .written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God.”
All people are “letters” of some kind, conveying “messages” to others, expressed in words and deeds. As Christians, we are letters, too. What do others “read” from our speech and behavior? Do they see us as “love letters” of Christ or something not befitting the love he gave for all people? When we lay claim to Christ, we are making ourselves “known and read by all, as his representatives. We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.” (2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV)
As God’s “living letters,” He is appealing to those who do not know Him through us, so they will want to know Him, too. He’s also appealing to other believers to see Christ’s love living in us, an encouragement in their journey of faith. If we show the love of Christ through the overflow of the Spirit inked in our hearts, we will be “living love letters” to everyone we meet.
Holy Spirit, let Christ’s love letter inked on my heart be clearly seen by others.
Sandra is a FaithWriters Platinum member, author of her new book, “My Faithbook Messages” which can be found HERE.
