When Faith Needs a Face

The letter was addressed:

“Dear Heavenly Father”

Dated October 11, 1978, my Grandmother’s handwriting on the faded page closed with:

“Your daughter and son

We are Your children” 

In that pre-blog era of putting actual pen to paper, she wrote heart words to her Lord and Saviour asking for blessings concerning selling her and Granddaddy’s house.

She knew the value of a

tangible testimony

of her faith in answered prayer…

The same envelope housed another such letter dated one year later that began:

“Dear Heavenly Father

We thank you Father for all Your blessings upon us”

and ended with:

“Thank You Father for answering prayer.

We are Your children.

Hallelujah”

Did my Grandmother know when she wrote these letters that nearly 35 years later they would encourage and edify?

Did she know that her precious script would be seen across the globe and that a written prayer goes further than ink on paper by putting a face on faith for all to see?

And did she know that her Hallelujah would merge with mine and raise a right holy ruckus of praise?

Put a face on your faith

Write the letter

Break the bread

Hug the weary

Reassure the doubtful

Minister to the broken

and go serve

in whatever way God tells you

Because your faith needs a face, hands, and feet to glorify 

the One Whom you believe....

A faith that does not do things is a dead faith.
James 2:17 NLV