Friday, March 23, 2001
Friday, March 23, 2001
You show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared 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.
Do you have a pen pal--someone you write to? St. Paul says we are better than pen pals. We are
living letters. He writes, "Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like
some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are a letter, written
on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, written
not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human
hearts." Be a Godly letter.
(2 Corinthians 3:3
NRSV)
There was an item in the newspapers sometime back about a star-struck teenager in 1943 named
Lorraine Wagner who sent a fan letter to an actor named Ronald Reagan. Reagan took the time to
sit down and write a short note of thanks in return. For the next fifty years, Lorraine and Ronald
were pen pals. He wrote to tell her about his career, his marriages and all the mundane things that
friends share with one another. She wrote the same things to him. Even after Reagan was elected
President, he and Lorraine kept in touch. Their correspondence ended in 1995, when Reagan's
Alzheimer's disease made it too difficult for him to continue writing. For 52 years, Lorraine, an
average citizen, was a pen pal with a man who became the leader of the free world.
Lord Jesus, since I am a letter about you to others, make me a good one and a faithful one. Amen.
 Click here to Vote for this site! |
 Click here to Subscribe! |
|---|