Once upon a time, letter writing was the primary means of communicating across distances.  

But letter writing has been replaced by the telephone, and the telephone is very quickly being replaced by text messaging and emails.

I can remember when passing notes in school was the way you let someone know a secret or ask them if they ‘liked’ you!  I can’t remember the last time I received a letter that was not a bill or an advertisement.  

In the early church, letters were the way the Gospel was circulated.  It was the way people were introduced to new communities, how their credit was approved, and how credentials were verified.

When Paul was asked for ‘letters of commendation’ by the very people to whom he had preached the Gospel, his amazing and sarcastic response was, ‘You are my letters…’ Paul pointed to the people he blessed, encouraged, healed, and helped, and said – ‘You are my letters…’

Hmm… the imagery got me wondering…

If we are all ‘living letters,’ what message are we transmitting? Are we slick advertisements, or are we bills?  

Perhaps we are love letters…

What if our lives are letters – stamped and sealed by Spirit – sent  to the world, to one another, to remind one another of God’s grace and love through Jesus Christ?

Would you send it?

2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 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

Good Morning, I love you all!

ihs,

just adam