Letters to God

With so much time on my hands, I spend my days in front of my PC and the TV. Life can be ironic. Only a month ago, I was too busy to find time to watch TV and now I'm tired of it. Oh well, c'est la vie..

Now unto my thoughts for the day... I saw a movie today called "Letters to God". This movie is based on a true life story about a little boy struggling with cancer but living with remarkable faith, hope and love in spite all of his pain. This 10 year old kid wrote letters to God everyday and after writing the letter, he would post it through the mailman! Post it to where?? Even if man wanted to create the fastest rocket and come up with a way to reach His house, God is in a physical address that is physically unreachable! I wondered where this kid thought his letters would go to. The mailman stacked the boy's letters and held onto them for weeks, not knowing what to do with it. He dropped it off in a church but the preacher caught him doing so and told him to go with it because perhaps God wanted the mailman to have the letters. Finally, he read the letters and got saved because of this little boy who selflessly talked to God about everyone who loved him. Another irony is that in his letters, the little boy wasn't praying to get better or questioning God as to why he had to go through the suffering, he rather talked to God about the seemingly mundane things of life.. He told God to help his friends, help his mother, he talked about the things he did everyday...He put aside his fears, frustration and pain and he embraced faith, peace, love and joy! He told his mother "that if he died he was thankful God allowed his neighbor to give birth to a cute baby boy who would be his replacement on earth". He said so he because he believed that for every death, there would be a life.. He had a childlike but wise spirit. He finally died but not before leading many people to God through his letters which inspired them to start writing their own letters to God and posting them...

It got me thinking about the way we pray these days, its often a quick 5 to 10 mins affair and if we're feeling generous to God, an extra 5 mins thanking God for everything but most likely putting in a request list that is longer than the gratitude list. Nothing wrong with it but I believe we can do more. What if when you got to your office, you take a few extra minutes and write God a lovely letter. Talk to Him about anything you want to, but just make that time, thoughts and paper, His own. Its a pity the postal system in this country is messed up if not I'd have suggested you post the letter! It'll probably get thrown out or maybe someone would open the letter and get inspired or saved. You could also write the letter and leave it on a colleagues table (if you're gonna do that, remember to pray for the colleague). Whatever you decide to do or not do, just remember to write God a letter as often as you remember.

To inspire you, i'll start with one;

Dear God,

I believe you wanted me to watch this movie today so that I could shed a few sympathy tears, and get inspiration to write on this blog which I keep remembering but being lazy to attend to. I don't know how many people read my blog but even if its just 1 person, I would like it Lord if you can speak to that person today. Remind them Lord, of who You are and of your purpose for their life. Let them understand and remember that they are letters, written not with ink on tablets of stone, but with the Spirit of the living God on tablets of human hearts (2 Corinthians 3:3) in the form of their families and friends, including me.  

Thank you Lord for your unconditional love and remind us to write letters to you as often as we can in Jesus name. Amen.

Your daughter,

Chinny.