i have a sweet younger friend, uncanny colleen, who has written
a precious letter to her five year old son. how much will he
cherish an entire letter all about him? i could imagine her reading
this to him at his rehearsal dinner in 20 years, even though he still
thinks he is going to marry his mommy.
this reminded me that hans' dad wrote him a letter everyday of his
freshman year at college. those sweet notes of encouragement are
bundled up next to the ones my grandma had written me. if we
treasure them so, why don't we write more of them ourselves?
i now realize that my email encouragements to our five children
cannot replace a hand written letter. a beautiful sheet of paper can
be taped to the bathroom mirror or cradled between the pages of
their bible. emails are too easily deleted and forgotten.
when shelby was seven, we chuckled at a note she wrote hans in
her careful cursive.
"dear pappy,
we are so proud of the way
you have led us through.
love,
shelby"
last Christmas, 17 years later, she hand stitched it onto fabric on
which she had sewn perfectly straight lines to look like notebook
paper.
love,
lea
"simon peter, a servant and messenger of Jesus Christ, sends
this letter to those who have been given a faith as valuable as
yours, in the righteousness of our God . . ." 2 peter 1:1
