Letter to Friends

Here is a portion of a letter I sent to a couple whom I have been friends with for many years...

I hope that anyone who reads this, and who believes in the Lord, will be encouraged or helped in their walk with Christ.

"Many times we become blind to spiritual things. So the Lord needs to make things more clear
to us. This way, we'd always make the right choices in each situation. After all, we are, I believe,
works in progress. We are always learning and growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.

"As I look back on my life, I know there were many times, as a Christian, that I messed up, made
blunders concerning various decisions, and had to learn from these things. Thankfully, the Lord
​is a patient teacher.

"Like the Israelites when they took a forty-year journey through the desert and probably passed
through the same areas over and over because they were slow to learn what God was trying to
teach them, we may have to experience the same. Not going through an actual desert, of course,
but revisiting situations so that we can better discern God's will and make the right choices next
time. We need to have a teachable attitude, too."
​
D.B.