Blessed Messages

Have you ever received messages that just blessed your heart?  Oh, boy, I sure have!  I'm the first to admit...I will e-mail faster than I can write...simply because I type much faster than I write; but, there's just nothing like a hand-written message to make your heart warm and bring a smile to your face.

I have soooooo many precious letters, but some that are special to me that I've received recently are:

1. My "The Christmas Angel" letter...a hand-written, personalized-for-the-year letter that I've received each Christmas from "The Angels" **wink, wink**

2. Graduation congratulations and well-wishes from some life-long friends

3. Precious letters from my student teaching students:
5th Grade Girl: "...You were always a Great Student Teacher.  You helped our class get closer and get along better. Your future students will love you as much as I do..."  How sweet is that?!?!?!

5th Grade Boy:  "We all miss you, but I do the most.  I'm sorry I didn't mind sometimes but I miss you."  Ok...collectively...awwwww :)

And for the funny one...
2nd Grade Girl: "...and Mis Yung is a grat teecher.  Where did you fine (find) her at?  I like her.  She helps us read and do are math.  She is a grat teacher."  Yeah...pretty funny :)

You know...I've been reading a lot this week (for my seminary classes) about God's Word.  In essence, the whole Bible is a book of hand-written messages that are here to bless & speak our hearts.  God could've definitely sent a computer-typed message from Himself down to Earth, but he spoke His Word, His messages through the hand-written words of some inspired individuals.

We all know that when someone takes the time to write us a message, it means that they really value us and we are special to them.  That's what God's done for us.  He took the time to send us hand-written messages for times when we would need them: in grief, in joy, for encouragement, for love, for troubles...any event or feeling that happens in our lives...there are hand-written messages there just for US!  Because He values us!  Because He loves us!  Because WE are SPECIAL to HIM!

So...my encouragement to myself...and to you...this week is to:
1) Delve into those "hand-written" messages that God has given to you for whatever event/feeling is going on in your life.  Use a concordance if you want to find some specific "messages" that pertain to what's going on in your life.  (If you don't have one...BibleGateway.com)

2) Write a hand-written message to someone that needs some encouragement, or someone you haven't talked to in a while, or someone you love and just let them know how much they mean to you and how special they are to you.

Hope you have a great weekend! :)  I will...with my nose stuck in my theology book! :)