Love Letters Not Given by Morgan Tarpley

One of my most treasured memories involves love letters—though they are not mine nor are they from a grandparent’s courtship, which would be a treasure for sure. These love letters have never been delivered…yet anyway.

Every Valentine’s Day for the past ten years or so, I have a special tradition—writing love letters to my future husband. It began in high school and has become a meaningful memory.

Each time the holiday rolls around in all its red-hearted, chocolate-filled glory, I have been single—still waiting for the sweetheart that God may bring.

I’m still waiting and I’m okay with it. You see there’s something I know.

God’s ways are not our ways and I won’t settle for my plans. God’s plans for my life are so worth waiting on and if He has someone out there for me then I am waiting on His timing.

When I write these letters each V-Day, I am reminded that God has already written the greatest love letter to me—to all of us. It is through His Word, the Bible. The Scripture is filled with a love story spanning centuries and more passionate and pure than we could ever experience through a relationship here on Earth.

So whether you are in a time of singleness or marriage, I challenge each one of us to not only write a love letter to our spouse today but to write one to our Lord, the Lover and Savior of our soul, to thank Him for the ultimate sacrifice—dying for our love and salvation.

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” – Ephesians 2:4-5

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” – John 3: 16-17

Have you written love letters to someone, to God? Do you have a special Valentine’s Day tradition? I would love to hear about it.

Morgan Tarpley

Morgan Tarpley is a Christ follower and an award-winning newspaper reporter and photographer in Louisiana. She is also a historical novelist currently seeking representation.

She runs a travel and writing blog called “Pens on a World Map” (www.pensonaworldmap.com) and writes about travel and the writing life as well as features guest bloggers and interviews authors each week.

Besides traveling to over a dozen countries, her interests include reading, acting in her local theater, photography, and singing. For more information about Morgan, visit her website (www.morgantarpley.com) and blog. You can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Check out her blog’s World Map Archive of articles here. For a guest blogging opportunity, click here.