Tuesday, February 27, 2024
“Write a Letter to Myself”
Have you ever thought about writing a letter to you? If so, what would you say? Would you talk about your day and about the fabulous meal you are preparing for this evening? Would you remind yourself of a special memory from the past or would you encourage yourself for a bright future?
Writing a letter to oneself is probably not a regular activity for most people. As a result, lots of folks might shy away from this Lenten Challenge, assuming that the Challenge must require deep emotional thought. But It doesn’t! Instead, this letter can be as short and sweet as you want. The letter is not about fixing problems as much as it is an opportunity to actually speak to ourselves (as if we don’t do enough of that already).
What advice would we give ourselves if we had the chance? What warning would we issue? Sure, our letter might be us telling ourselves that it’s time to get over a difficult situation or relationship, but the letter might also be encouraging us to stay the course in good habits or remove bad habits that are creating problems.
For this Challenge, your letter to yourself doesn’t have to include anything you don’t want it to. This is from yourself, not from someone else who is looking over your shoulder. This is private. This is yours. However, there is a catch: you must also mail the letter and read it when you finally receive it again.
In a few days when we receive our letters, what will we discover about ourselves? What happened during those last few days to change things? What emotions will stir when we receive our letter? Happy? Sad? Joyful? Frustrated? Challenged?
Today’s Lenten Challenge is to write a letter to ourselves, mail it, and read it when we receive the letter in a few days. Again, this doesn’t have to be difficult, unless we think we need the Challenge.
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7, ESV)
