Yes, I love letters. Writing can lift a spirit with thoughtfulness of someone besides self. And receiving can make a day...bring sunshine in the rain. Come like an unexpected gift in a moment of need. And lift a spirit that someone thought of this self.
Maybe it is because I lost a dear
friend once and never got to say goodbye that made me realize the importance of
letters, saying what you feel and mean before someone is gone forever. Or maybe its because letters can be read and re-read over and
over and over, while spoken words are often times forgotten. And on those bad
days when you have nothing good to say, and let bitterness or dispute settle into your heart, you can go back to that box of
letters…and remember. Remember the good. Remember the love. Perhaps that is why
Christ wrote us a love letter. Yes, Christ showed us love on the Cross and then
He wrote us a letter. To remind us of His love, unwavering.
Yes, love letters are for the telling before they are gone...and for the remembering...
Yes, love letters are for the telling before they are gone...and for the remembering...
Growing up, I always dreamed and yearned for a husband. You
see, I had so many things to say to the man I would one day love. So, I decided to put pen to paper and write love letters to my future husband, not knowing who he was. By
the time I got married I had journals full of letters to give to my love. It
was a special moment. His wedding gift to me was a box, full of paper and
envelopes so that we could write letters to each other at each anniversary
remembering the past year we had. Remembering. He never knew about my journals
of letters, until that wedding day. But he thought to write letters too. Yes,
we will read, re-read, and study those words. And we will remember. Remember
why we said yes. Remember why we chose each other. Remember love. For years to come.
This Valentine’s Day, I have a gift. You see, I am a much better writer than speaker. When I
write, I can write, erase, re-write, edit, re-read, fix, and then give it to my
recipient. However, when I speak, it usually just comes out in a big blurt and
it is usually not eloquent. As a result, I do not feel as if I have done a good
job at encouraging and uplifting my love like I want to. So, this Valentine’s
Day, this day of love, I am pledging to write more. My love and I will start the art of writing letters to each other on a daily basis. We
will follow the examples of those that have gone before us. Ones that have lasting relationships. Ones that take time to give thanks. And we will write. And we will read. And we will give thanks. And hopefully it will be lasting. And meaningful.
Yes, this gift starts on the national day of love, but hopefully we will learn a lifetime of it. Perhaps we can learn to cherish each other a little more through the writing and saying what we feel before they are gone...and perhaps through the reading we will learn how to love better, fuller, and more meaningfully. And most of all, we will do it for the remembering…and the reminding of our love for each other...because He first loved us...And I pray through the process we learn Eucharisteo, the art of joy, grace, and thanksgiving for each other…Yes, maybe these letters will lead to a fuller life of love....
I hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day…go write someone you
love a letter…you will be blessed….and they will too…
