Good morning ladies,
The word of the day is “epistolize.” In today's society many of us have left the
written word and replaced it with email, messaging, and other forms of social
media. It's just easier, faster, and
suits our needs. However, back in the
time of the Apostle Paul, he did not have this luxury. He knew that the letters he wrote to people
should be methodically and meticulously written, realizing that it would take
quite a bit of time for each of these letters to reach the other party. Sometimes I'm sure that these letters did not
even make it to their final destination.
For this reason, we know that Paul epistolized each and every letter to
the believers with the utmost sincerity and thought.
“I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the
distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.” ~2 Thess 3:17
My question is: what kind of kind of thought put into the
relationships that God is giving you, and your relationship with God
himself? Sometimes it's easy for us to
just throw words out, whether in time of prayer or in relation to others. Like when we tell someone that we will pray
for them, and then just forget about it.
Some of us are worse offenders than others. One of my mentors once told me that much of
the time when he tells someone that he will pray for them, he does so right
there, either out loud in a time of prayer with that person, or even just
silently as he leaves that conversation.
Either way, it's about being deliberate, both in relationship to God and
relationship to others.
My prayer is that you methodically and prayerfully consider
the words that you speak to God, and as you communicate with others, whether it
is written longhand or digitally, that you epistolize with the same amount of
thought that Paul did in his letters.
Praying for you
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