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Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will know what God wants you to do,
and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.
Romans 12:2
Discussion: What is keeping you from discovering God’s will for your life? How often do you dive into the one place that can give you the answers to those questions? When was the last time you knew how “pleasing and perfect” His will truly is?
I write letters to my son – lots of them.
Some are just journal entries, telling him about what life is like for him right now. Some are letters teaching him things about God and life that I desperately want him to know. And some are just notes letting him know how important he is to me and how much I love him.
I write them in case I never get to see him grow up and tell him these things myself. I write them because sometimes sitting alone reading someone’s heart is the most effective way to get to know them. And I write them so that he will have answers to some of his many questions.
These letters are precious to me. And I pray that one day they will be just as precious to my son. I hope that he isn’t too cool to read letters from his mom. I hope that he takes the time to read them before it is too late and his life has flown by. And I hope that he reads them and finds the mom who loved him more than life and the God who loves him even more.
So it stops my heart when I remember that I have such treasures from my own Father in heaven that I casually toss aside and take for granted. I have the precious words from His lips that He desperately wants me to study and savor. Over hundreds of years, He had his servants record the words that reveal His heart, His will and His salvation so that I would have them to guide my days here on earth. They contain the lessons and the love that He knows I need to hear.
And yet I don’t bother to take the time. Not often enough do I hold on to those precious words, the very book that contains His perfect will for my life, and read them as if my very life depended on it. In these letters from my Father I have all I need to know. When I meet Him in heaven, all the questions that linger will be answered. But for now, what He knows I need is here waiting for me. All I need to do is pick it up and read.
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lauren says
It brought me such peace to read this entry.. It was very positive and uplifting,…and was much needed. Thank you. This is a beautiful site.
Manchild says
Cogent. Profound. As a man, I’ve watched how freely wise women love and nurture each others in a manner that changes the lives of all who bring their peace to you.
I yearn for the day when men will learn to do what I’ve witnessed generations of great women do for each other daily — love while witnessing without words.
May the peace of God be with you and yours forever.
qtpies7 says
What a wonderful post, it stung my eyes! I am starting to think that I should do something like that for my children. You just don’t know when something could happen. I don’t know how I will manage it for 7 children, but I’m going to think on how I can do something like that.
Nancze says
Hi Janice, I have sorely missed doing the Faith builders meme and have set a goal to do it weekly this year. This is a wonderful start and my heart was truly touched by what you posted. Your son is blessed and may your heavenly Father be blessed too by you and I reading His letters to us faithfully. God Bless.
Gattina says
I don’t want to offend you, everybody is free to believe whatever or in whoever he wants to. But how can I ask God to change me ? I am the only person to change myself I have to work on me I can’t just sit there and say “now make me a better person” That doesn’t work believe me !
Jenn says
Amazing – what a beautiful thing you are doing for your beautiful child – and what a wonderful way to look at the Bible and His teachings.
Thank you for your thoughts, and sharing it with all of us – God’s word even though blogs is quite powerful!
Blessings
Sarah says
Wonderful post!
It is pretty incredible to think of the Bible as loving letters from the Father. So very true.
I love the idea of writing letters to your son. I often think of my blog as this but it is not as personal and intimate as a journal just to him would be. Great idea.
Susanne says
How wonderful that you have done this on a regular basis for Jackson!
And that is such a touching perspective to think of God’s word in that light. It makes reading it so much more personal.
jen says
How blessed your son will be. Its lovely that you do that for him. I am sure he will treasure them.
I am really getting into the letters from our heavenly Father this year. I am trying to read the bible in a year this year and I have just finished reading Victory over the Darkness by Neil T Anderson a wonderful book. I hope that in 10 or 15 years time Daniel will be able to read my blog and find out what life was like for him and us when he was little. Been thinking about this for a while Im wondering whether I should print out my blog so it has a readable hard copy. When I was preggy with him I wrote a very big pregnancy journal for him. Its in a folder I will give it to him one day.
Debbie says
What a wonderful way to look at the Bible and what it holds for us! Your son is blessed that you journal things for him. I capture memories with photographs but somethings need to be said and read!