Writing a support letter, it doesn’t really seem that hard. All you do is write a heart felt letter to some friends and family and give them details about your trip and send it out. What many people do not realize is the amount of work put into it.
When starting support letters, you first have to decide how you are going to write your letter. My advisor told me that it would be best if I sent my letter out to at least 100 people. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but getting 100 different addresses takes a lot of time.
Okay, so 100 envelopes, check! 100 different addresses, check! 100 stamps, check! (I put them on upside down, sideways, and sometimes in the wrong spot. I blame the fact that I was very tired). 100 information cards, check! Licking 100 envelopes, check… my mouth has never had such a bad taste.
THEN I had the brilliant idea of deciding to write a verse on the back. I went back over every single envelope and wrote, “We love because HE first loved us” 1 John 4:19. Many hand cramps took place during this.
I have realized that this post has been all of me complaining, I promise I am done.
Overall, from what I have said so far, writing support letters seems awful. It is a long process of doing the same thing over and over again. Same. In church this week my pastor spoke on, “the power of same.” As humans, we go through the same motion everyday. We wake up, brush our teeth, go to the bathroom, get dressed for the day, go to class, say hey to friends in passing, do homework, eat dinner, go to bed. Not everyones schedules look exactly like this and little things are squeezed in between there, but for the most part, this is what our days are consumed of. Obviously if you aren’t in college, you don’t go to class, but you could switch out classes for work. One thing that many of us struggle with is fitting Jesus into our daily life. John 15: 4 states, “Abide in me, and I in you.” God has always been the same in our lives, so why not we be the same in his.
When writing my support letters, yes it was a long task that I was not prepared for, but I have learned that it was God’s way of teaching me ‘same.’ He wants us to be in a routine with him everyday. It stunk writing 100 addresses on every envelope and then stamping them all. When everything came down to it, God was teaching me same. He wants to be apart of my life everyday and He wants to be apart of my daily routine. As the hours dragged on while working on my support letters, He became apart of my routine. That is one thing that God desires, to be apart of our daily lives. He doesn’t care when or where He comes into play in our day, as long as He is in it. He will love us no matter what. Realizing that is where we need to start.
