Life is hard and none of us make it through unscathed. All too often, when life hurts, there are words that need to be said or should have been said that never find a voice. Maybe the time or circumstances were never right. Perhaps fear prevented the words from flowing. It could be that, at the time, words simply would not link together in a coherent way. Maybe you just did not want to hurt other people. Whatever the reason, words that might have helped remained unspoken; bottled up within your soul, needing desperately to be released in order for healing to begin.
In my own experience I have found that writing down those words can be healing. Placing them in the form of a letter that never gets mailed (or does get mailed) has incredible power to begin the healing process associated with life’s hurt.
Have you ever wished you could voice the true feelings about a situation in your life, but just could not for any one of a million reasons? Have you ever thought, “Gee, I would like to tell my story, but do it anonymously….so no one would know it was me?”
Would you be willing to write an anonymous letter voicing those feelings that were never expressed or the rest of the story that never got told?
I want to invite you to be part of a series on my blog that I am calling ‘What I Needed to Say…’.
I would love the opportunity to post your ANONYMOUS letter sharing the story of a situation in your life where you needed to say more than you did… tell more of the story than what others knew. I desire for this to be a healing exercise, not an opportunity to feed anger or bitterness toward another person or people.
Your letter can start out with Dear Anonymous.., Dear Teacher.., Dear Pastor.., Dear Molester.., Dear Parent.., Dear Church Family…..,Dear whatever is appropriate for your situation…. NO NAMES SHOULD BE USED. NO NAMES WILL BE PUBLISHED.
Some examples of letters might be:
Dear Mom, I know you meant well when you told me I was ugly, but you have no idea what that did to my heart…..
Dear Pastor, you were supposed to be someone I could trust. What you did to me was unthinkable…..
Dear Church Member, as a pastor’s wife, I am amazed at how you expect my husband to be on call and available 24 hours a day…..
Dear Coach, you told me I was fat and that I could not be on the team because of it. I took you seriously and began dieting. I dieted and dieted and dieted…..
In the body of the letter explain what happened to you and how it affected you. Your letter may be up to 600 words long. It should include how the Lord helped you move on or get through this situation and what you learned from it. Each letter should end with encouragement. The apostle Paul told us that we comfort others with the comfort we, ourselves, have received. Allow the writing of this letter to bring healing and encouragement to you and to those who read it.
Please sign your letter “Sincerely, Anonymous”. Your name will not be used, nor will I post anything that might identify you to my readers. Only I will know who the writer of the letter is, which makes the assumption that you trust me with your identity. I hope I have earned that trust over the years.
I will allow comments from readers on each post on the blog, but if you choose to respond to any of the comments on your specific letter, I ask you to do so anonymously.
I am planning to run this series beginning in January 2013, therefore I would love to have your letter soon so I can edit it for grammar, punctuation and content and then schedule it to publish in January.
To ask questions about this series or submit a letter for the series please email me at [email protected] (pointministries at gmail dot com).
I hope you will submit a letter and be part of what God wants to do, not only your life, but the lives of others.
