A Sign of Commitment

 I have been watching a show set in Regency England (the decade of 1811-1820).  It struck me that the sign of commitment to a relationship was correspondence.  Of course.  There were no telephones, no emails, no texts to communicate with loved ones, and the written word carried the message of the heart.  Moreover, it was documentation that was savable and cherished.  

Abba, we speak of Scripture being Your love letter to us for the same reasons.  It remains forever, You say in Isaiah 40.  Some of Your beloveds cherish the actual book, almost idolizing it.  I see how cherished Your words are for us whose souls are bereft of Your presence.

So, I was challenged to take this little bit of solitude to write back to You as a sign of my commitment.  I also want to demonstrate my actual prayer and not just the often-empty and vague promise to pray about situations and people.  If I recall what I used to do many years ago, with long lists of "prayer requests," I smile at my youthful and zealous naivete and I also regret the emphasis on prayer as intercession and requests.  It is so much more.  

Thanks to Your sacrificial love, I can end this entry with this closing:

Eternally Yours,

Me