The other day, Holly and I were standing at the end of her very long street. It was mid-morning. Everyone was well underway with their busy days.
Holly placed a letter in her mailbox and pulled up the red flag.
The postman would soon be there.
As we chatted my eyes followed the long line of black mailboxes along her street. And suddenly it hit me. Not one other red flag was up.
All those people. With all those loved ones. And not one other person was sending a letter that day. Since Holly and I run together most mornings, I started making it a habit to check for red flags in the days that followed.
Now granted, there are other ways to mail letters than just from our home mailboxes. But I have a suspicion old fashioned letters are becoming a dying form of expressing our love.
Weeks went by and I didn't see a single other red flag.
So, I came home, dusted off my own stack of good intentions and wrote a letter.
It felt so personal. I brushed my hand across my little note and prayed God would use my simple words to touch this person in a tender place of their heart.
Now, I've made letter writing part of my devotion time with God. I don't write one everyday. Maybe one or two a week. But since I've told God I'm willing, He's been faithful to put people on my heart.
And each time I pull up that little red flag, I smile and secretly hope it will inspire other letter writers as well.
What might happen if your red flag started going up on a more regular basis? I dare you to see. Who is willing to take my challenge and just write one letter today?
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Here are the five winners of the on-line "A Woman Inspired Conference." Remember, if you didn't win, today is the last day to get tickets for only $12.95--- what a deal!
Angie (Blessed as a mess)
Martie
Mags01
Jenn
Lindsay
Holly placed a letter in her mailbox and pulled up the red flag.
The postman would soon be there.
As we chatted my eyes followed the long line of black mailboxes along her street. And suddenly it hit me. Not one other red flag was up.
All those people. With all those loved ones. And not one other person was sending a letter that day. Since Holly and I run together most mornings, I started making it a habit to check for red flags in the days that followed.
Now granted, there are other ways to mail letters than just from our home mailboxes. But I have a suspicion old fashioned letters are becoming a dying form of expressing our love.
Weeks went by and I didn't see a single other red flag.
So, I came home, dusted off my own stack of good intentions and wrote a letter.
It felt so personal. I brushed my hand across my little note and prayed God would use my simple words to touch this person in a tender place of their heart.
Now, I've made letter writing part of my devotion time with God. I don't write one everyday. Maybe one or two a week. But since I've told God I'm willing, He's been faithful to put people on my heart.
And each time I pull up that little red flag, I smile and secretly hope it will inspire other letter writers as well.
What might happen if your red flag started going up on a more regular basis? I dare you to see. Who is willing to take my challenge and just write one letter today?
___________________________________________________________________
Here are the five winners of the on-line "A Woman Inspired Conference." Remember, if you didn't win, today is the last day to get tickets for only $12.95--- what a deal!
Angie (Blessed as a mess)
Martie
Mags01
Jenn
Lindsay
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