The Gift of a Letter

Letters are an amazing gift. Little treasures to be read over and over again. Precious papers treasured and saved in special boxes found all over the world, written in all languages from all age groups delivered sometimes at just the right time. How powerful words are, they can feed our soul, uplift our spirit and encourage our hearts. Nothing thrills me more than going to the mailbox and receiving a letter from a friend or family member.

In the Bible there are many letters written to us to encourage us and to help us every day. I found a wonderful resource called Open Your Bible to the New Testament Letters written by Sherwood Eliot Wirt in 1962. The introduction was written by Billy Graham. One chapter at a time the letters inside are revealed and discussed with links to the corresponding Bible chapter and verse found in Bible Gateway’s web site. I love to find new resources that help us to understand the Bible and to give us clarity about God’s wisdom which guides us and fills our hearts with hope.

I recently received the most wonderful and uplifting prayer bookmark in the mail from the Joyce Meyer Ministry. The letter to us is taken from the Song of Solomon and it is meant to remind us that the Lord writes to us declaring His love in this wonderful chapter of the Bible. This letter reminded me how much God loves me and He loves you. What a beautiful letter this is, and how grateful I am to have received it. I have shared this letter with as many people as I could. We all need to be reminded of how very much our Lord loves us, we are his Beloved. If I think of all the letters I would love to receive in my mailbox today none compares to the letter I would love to read from God.

“My beloved is mine, and I am his”
Song of Solomon 2:16

Dearest Beautiful Beloved,You are mine, I chose you, I’ve given everything to have a relationship with you. You are my passion and desire. Believe me when I tell you that my love is better than life. In my eyes, you are beautiful in every way. You have ravished my heart. Come to me and know love. Dwell with me, abide in me.

Let me be your all and come alive to the rich pleasure found in the sacred romance I created you to have with me.

Eternally yours,
The lover of your soul
God gave everything to have a relationship with us, He even gave us His son, Jesus Christ. He sent His son here to die for our sins, the greatest sacrifice of all. He wants so much to dwell with us, to have a place in our hearts so that He can keep us safe in an uncertain world.

What a beautiful letter from Joyce Meyer Ministries. I carry it with me tucked safely in my Bible. The Word of God is full of letters to encourage us, uplift our spirit, to give us instruction in all things. Just words, no promises of God which comfort us and gives us the strength we need in our circumstances. The Word of God is powerful and I cherish the scripture that gives me joy regardless of my circumstances and helps me to live with courage and faith one day at a time.

In the Bible 2 Corinthians chapter 1, there is a beautiful letter written to us:

Grace and peace to you
“From God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

(Dearly Beloved) The God of All Comfort

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.”