Dear Friend,
I don’t know who you are or even if you’ll see this, although I hope and pray that you do.
You have now blessed me twice by the simple act of sending me a card and a gift.
It’s amazing how a simple envelope with my name on it can stop my world for a moment and pull me right out of my own thoughts. The envelope today was a soft, lovely shade of blue, warm and inviting on a rainy day.
I couldn’t imagine who might be sending me a card on not-my-birthday and not-my-anniversary and not-a-holiday. See, with the advent of all things technology, an envelope hand-addressed to me is a precious treasure.
Today was a day to miss the sun, to remember how bright and beautiful the past few days have been.
Did you know that blue can be sunshine? Friend, your hand-written blue envelope was the warm sunshine in my day today!
So thank you - thank you for blessing me with kindness, with your time, with the gift and with the blue sunshine. Thank you for thinking of me, taking time for me and standing with me. And thank you for not telling me who you are; there’s something very special to me about God working in this beautiful way!
One of my favorite song lyrics is sung by Michael W. Smith:
This is what you’re made for
Standing in the downpour
Knowing that the sun will shine
Forget what lies behind you
Heaven walks beside you
You’ve got to give it one more try
One more time
Dear Friend, thank you for standing beside me in a time when it’s so easy to feel so alone. Thank you for waiting through the rain, for being sunshine, for sending sunshine, for meeting me where I am and not being afraid to hang out with me.
The sun will shine again for me, and you’re going to be there to see the rainbow! I’m not sure who you are - for now you’ll be my blue sunshine - absolutely beautiful.
In honor of you, I’m going to pay it forward in a small, small way. Because I realized just how precious it can be to receive a hand-written envelope with my name on it, I’m going to spend time writing notes to people who I would like to bless. I will sign each one with my name, and in honor of my blue sunshine, whose kindness I can never pay back, so I will only try to pay forward.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I’m praying God takes the blessings that you are pouring on me and doubles them in your life.
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