Unopened Love Letters

Elizabeth Beirut was an invalid.  She was laid up in bed most of her life until a young man came along.  His name was Bob Roberts.  She fell madly in love with him.  Her father was almost tyrannical with his discipline of her.  No doubt concerned about his little girl but he would not let her see him.  They ran off together and got married.  They left the country and went to Italy.

  She wrote her father a letter every week for ten years—you can do the math. She never heard from him once. Then one day, she received a rather large package in the mail. She opened it, and inside was every letter she had written her dad, all unopened. He wouldn’t read the letters, and he stayed alienated from his baby to the day he died.

  Today, those letters are viewed as great pieces of literature.  We have a great piece of literature, too, called the Bible.  God loves you, and he has written you love letters, but oftentimes, they remain unopened.

  In the Bible, God expresses His emotions and dreams so that we can see who He truly is. If you truly want to discover God's character, read His love letters to you.

  You may need to rethink the amount of time you spend with God in His word and in prayer. If you don’t spend enough time, I challenge you to start. You will be amazed at what you learn and discover.