Our relationship with the divine is a profound one and deeply personal. How we express that relationship, that joy and duty that we pursue vigorously or quietly – that is also very personal. Today’s letter is an expression of faith and love for the divine, honoring their belief and their perspective on the relationship they share with the Lord.
Dear Lord
My Lord,
I was inspired to write this letter as I read the letters appearing in this marriage blog. The first letter I wrote to you, I wrote at the age of 5. I remember my mother helped me with the spelling. She asked me why I wanted to write a letter, when my prayer would carry the message up to you on swift wings; but I used to love to get letters in the mail and I thought that you might enjoy receiving letters yourself.
I know, the logic of a child, but I believe the sentiment is correct. When we sit down to write to you and express our love and our caring and our devotion, it takes more effort and gives more meaning to the message. As we approach Valentine’s Day, I am reminded of the fact that you have always been here for me, Lord.
When I was a teenager, I experienced the first heartbreak of a romantic relationship. I was too young to understand that it wouldn’t last forever, but you were there for me. I wrote you a letter and I told you of my heartbreak, I expressed my pain and my sense of loss and I sent it. The pain went away, gradually, but it left me and I thank you for that.
When I was a young woman, I made a poor choice in consenting to marry a man that I thought loved me as I loved him. In the second year of our marriage, he began abusing alcohol, narcotics and me. When he threatened our child, I did not do the right thing, not at first. I made excuses for him. I made excuses for myself. But I was ashamed. When I had nowhere else to turn, I wrote to you and I sent that letter. You were there for me, you supported me and I took my strength from you and I made the decision to leave him.
The years that followed were never easy and I know I wrote you many letters, I complained, I raged and I was bitter. But you didn’t abandon me, the act of writing those letters let me pour out all this negative emotion, you accepted it and you forgave me and somehow, I managed to forgive myself.
Two years ago, I wrote to you about the wonderful man that has come into our lives. He is kind, he is generous and he has enough love for my children and for myself. Thank you for bringing him into my life and for always reading my letters and helping me to discover the courage to love again. This Valentine’s Day, I am grateful for his presence and for yours – I could not do it without you.
I love you, God. In all the years that I have felt your love, I have never expressed my own for you. So this Valentine’s Day, let me say, I love you. Thank you.
Yours in devotion,
Megan
Letters of Love
You write these letters of love for the ones you love. Do you have a letter of love that you want to write to your spouse? Whether they are here in the states, sleeping next to you night after night or far away in another state or another country. Do you have a letter of love that you would like to share?
Letters of Love are a part of our 14 Days of Romance here in the Marriage Blog, we hope you enjoy them!
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