Living Love Letters

 

By Andrea Merrell

You are living letters written by Christ,

not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God.

2 Corinthians 3:3 TPT

 

My husband recently told one of our granddaughters that she should learn to “read the room” when she enters. In other words, don’t burst in talking, complaining, or being rowdy. Take a breath and give yourself time to discern the mood and atmosphere. Know what’s going on before you interrupt.

Shortly after, I heard someone talking about the same thing, only from a different slant: “Are you reading the room or is the room reading you?”

Some call our lives a book, others a letter written to the people around us. If that’s true, what message are we sending? What is our life saying to others? Or maybe the better question is what should our life be saying to others?

The apostle Paul said, “You are living letters written by Christ, not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God.” And the previous verse says our letters are “recognized and read by everybody.”

As God’s children, we become new creations, replacing the old with the new. Our sins are washed away, and we are made “as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18 NKJV). A clean slate. That’s when the Holy Spirit begins to write our new story.

The Word for You Today says, “Nothing is more needed today than a living portrait of Jesus reflected in the lives of His redeemed people. So, deliver your love letter to whoever crosses your path.”

Are you ready?

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