The week before spring break was a busy one. There were tasks which needed to be done; could not be postponed until our return. Among these were writing several reference letters. Writing letters of reference is something I am asked to do quite often. I do get to know the students well; there are many opportunities to see how they interact, offer leadership, and assimilate new ideas. It is an appropriate request, of one’s campus pastor, to ask for a letter of reference.
In 2 Corinthians 2, Paul speaks of “letters of reference.” He speaks not of written letters, but of the “letter of recommendation, written on your hearts.” This letter, he reminds us, is superior to any which might be created by pen and paper.
It is my intention that each letter I write is nothing more than an attempt to write of that which has already been written upon the heart of the student in question. That what I write is what has been etched in their lives and that all I am doing is sharing what it is that has been exposed.
In the end, I guess this is what every letter created by pen and paper ought to be.
“Show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God.”
What further reference could ever be needed or called for.
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