June 2, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, June 2.
Over the last year I’ve cultivated a new communication network - Pen Pals! I’ve got seven now. They include some family, a couple of friends, and a former pastor. I write about one letter a month to each of them. Some of them write back religiously (not the pastor!), some once in a while. It’s great. Writing a personal letter, or reading one, is a unique experience. A letter is to a text or email, as a fine restaurant dinner is to eating fast food in your car. It’s a blessing. It’s old school. It’s fun! I highly recommend it!
There’s one feature of letter writing that I particularly enjoy... the anticipation. Once I send a letter, it may be a week before my pen pal receives it, and the same for the trip back. So I get the time to anticipate the expression on their face when they read my words. And I get to experience that same feeling of anticipation every time I open my mailbox. Anticipation is a big reason that Christmas is most people’s favorite holiday. We enjoy Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day and the 4th of July, etc. but we don’t spend much time planning or preparing for them - at least not like we do for Christmas. As a kid it seemed like it took forever for Santa to arrive, because of anticipation.
As we grow older, often it seems like time flies by. In our busy world, one day dissolves into the next day, the next week, month, year. But a vital, personal relationship with God can bring back meaning and perspective and purpose. As we look forward to Sunday worship and our daily quiet time, as we look forward to fellowship with the Father and with His family, we can experience - we can anticipate - a life of joy.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
