Mit Luftpost Bitte - Sending A Letter To Those Who Are Loved

In my previous post Caught By Your Father I recounted a memory I had that showed my father’s quiet love for his son and catching me in a moment of danger. This led to other memories.

I lived overseas for a while. It was one of the best times of my life (especially when looking back on it). The experiences and opportunities to travel were fantastic. I have to admit I was disappointed when I was discharged from the Army on a medical issue, as I was slotted to go back to Germany. I was looking forward to spending more time in Europe and taking my wife to the places I explored while over there as a teenager. Although my mom will laugh and say that the “Exit” sign was what I most looked for in the art museums, I was able to explore many works of art, literature, points of interest and many different people and cultures. While over there my sister’s husband, who is an Air Force pilot, was called away for training and the first Gulf War. To support her, she came over to stay with us for a few weeks. During that time she wrote her husband letters of love that only a wife can do. Every afternoon she would seal up what she wrote and walk down to the Bundespost office. Since she was not used to the German language she could only say a few short words and would utter the simple phrase “mit luftpost bitte”. That translates to “with the airmail please”. Her letters of love and support would fly from her heart, to the airmail and ultimately to her husband.

God wrote you a letter of love too. Although He doesn’t require “luftpost” for delivery, He wrote a love letter to us through His Word. The Bible is a letter to you full of wisdom and the counts of how The One and Only Living God cherishes and loves you so very much. His letter is full of encouragement, mercy, healing, and love…all you have to do is open it. It is addressed to you and the Postman happens to be Jesus. A friend of mine sent me a unique form of His letter. It is worth passing along…

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. (Psalm 139:1)

I know when you sit down and when you rise up. (Psalm 139:2)

I am familiar with all your ways. (Psalm 139:3)

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. (Matthew 10:29-31)

For you were made in my image. (Genesis 1:27)

In me you live and move and have your being. (Acts 17:28 )

For you are my offspring. (Acts 17:28 )

I knew you even before you were conceived. (Jeremiah 1:4-5)

I chose you when I planned creation. (Ephesians 1:11-12)

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. (Psalm 139:15-16)

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. (Acts 17:26)

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14)

I knit you together in your mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13)

And brought you forth on the day you were born. (Psalm 71:6)

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. (John 8:41-44)

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. (1 John 4:16)

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. (1 John 3:1)

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. (1 John 3:1)

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. (Matthew 7:11)

For I am the perfect father. (Matthew 5:48 )

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. (James 1:17)

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. (Matthew 6:31-33)

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)

Because I love you with an everlasting love. (Jeremiah 31:3)

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. (Psalms 139:17-18 )

And I rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)

I will never stop doing good to you. (Jeremiah 32:40)

For you are my treasured possession. (Exodus 19:5)

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. (Jeremiah 32:41)

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. (Jeremiah 33:3)

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. (Deuteronomy 4:29)

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

For it is I who gave you those desires. (Philippians 2:13)

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. (Ephesians 3:20)

For I am your greatest encourager. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. (Psalm 34:18 )

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. (Isaiah 40:11)

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. (Revelation 21:3-4)

And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. (Revelation 21:3-4)

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. (John 17:23)

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. (John 17:26)

He is the exact representation of my being. (Hebrews 1:3)

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. (Romans 8:31)

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. (1 John 4:10)

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. (Romans 8:31-32)

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. (1 John 2:23)

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. (Romans 8:38-39)

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. (Luke 15:7)

I have always been Father, and will always be Father. (Ephesians 3:14-15)

My question is…Will you be my child? (John 1:12-13)

I am waiting for you. (Luke 15:11-32)

Love, Your Dad.

God’s letter is for every man, woman and child. It makes no difference what your past is, who you are, the things you may or may not have done. This letter of love was written to all. This letter will stand in time for eternity. The pages will not crinkle, age or its ink fade. “For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16) sums it up. If you accept Christ as your Saviour then the Holy Spirit puts a stamp upon your heart and Christ seals your name in the Father’s book as “received”.

I’ve been mocked before for trying to help deliver this letter. I’ve been told “return to sender” and they simply lower the flag on their heart telling God there is no need to come back for pick up. No letters to send back to Him. My hope is that you will take a few moments to reflect on His love letter. My hope is you will take the time to write a response to Him. The letter He hopes to receive from you is very small. You send this letter mit luftpost which is prayer. “Lord Father, I need you…nobody but you…I am a sinner Lord and have run away from you, rebelled against you, didn’t want you, Father please forgive me, I am turning away from me Lord and to you. Jesus I accept you as the Way, the Truth and the Life, I accept you as Lord and Saviour. Please come live in me and through me. Thank you for loving me and saving me”.

Maybe you are struggling with what to write back. Maybe you have questions. Consider me a postal clerk. Feel free to ask me questions. Just remember, God loves you for who you are…not what you are. He’ll meet you wherever you are. There is no price for the stamp. Please feel free to contact me. If you are a believer pass along His letter to others.

~Kryptikos

2 Corinthians 3:3 ” You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”