(Note, this blog references Christian faith tradition)
How was your Valentine’s Day? Did you get any love letters or notes of affection? Perhaps you sent some to the important Loves in your life. In her book How Did I Get Here? author Christine Caine suggests humanity is “a love letter sent from God,” which got me thinking. What if I was put on this planet as a love letter, filled with all the possibilities, abundance, and love like a parent has for their child? If I am the love letter of the Creator, then I must be an expression of love, beauty and gratitude. I am God’s expression of creation.
For 6 years, my husband and I dated long distance. We wrote and mailed dozens and dozens of care packages across the miles and across the years – often filled with cookies, trinkets, and cassette tapes (Google it) of recorded music favorites that expressed not only our love for each other but also the pain of being separated. Of course, there were the letters – pages of affection for each other sharing our hopes and dreams. We wrote about the mundane and the awe inspiring. We spoke of our love, and how much we missed each other. They were mushy and a little embarrassing, but we wrote them for connection, for concrete evidence of how much we cared, for our investment in each other, for our relationship, and for our future. (There was no FaceTime or WhatsApp, and phone calls were expensive).
Who’s love letter are you?
It could be a higher power.
It could be your children.
Perhaps it’s a partner or a friend or a powerful cause.
Maybe it’s all of those.
Being a love letter is richly important. It’s a statement to the world that says I’m here.
I am loved, and I AM love.
I am beauty.
I am enough.
I am worthy.
I have meaning and impact.
You, this “love letter,” is intentional and on purpose.
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What does your love letter say?
How will you show up as a love letter from the most important person in your world?