Do you write letters to Jesus?

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Do you write letters to Jesus?

One way that someone can “have a personal relationship with Jesus” it to take advantage of some quit time in the day, sit down and write a personal letter to Jesus.

It is in this way, that we can reflect on the Gospels and on Christ, collect are thoughts and think about what we are to write.

If your are not doing this now, I suggest you start, it is a great way to get closer to Christ Jesus.

Do you write letters to Jesus
 
This is a cool idea! Unfortunately I know that many people would claim they do not have time to sit down and write an actual letter. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat down to write a letter to a friend or family member and been unable to finish it! Somehow I just can never get all that I want to say down on the paper…

Perhaps those who wish to try this spiritual exercise but feel they do not have time to write a complete letter to Jesus could write Him an “e-mail” or just a short note (on a post-it, perhaps?). This way they still get the benefit of putting it down “on paper” and have a bit of a meditational exercise even when they only have 5 minutes!
 
There is no such word in the Bible as “personal”. Therefore I can’t stand it when a Protestant constantly says “Do you accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior”? That was a word made up by Luther in 1517.
 
Righteousone said:
There is no such word in the Bible as “personal”. Therefore I can’t stand it when a Protestant constantly says “Do you accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior”? That was a word made up by Luther in 1517.
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You say that there is no such word in the Bible as “personal,” but since when did Catholicism rely solely upon the Sacred Scriptures? Dei Verbum states that “Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture make up a single sacred deposit of the Word of God.” This Tradition is one of the things that makes the Church different than all of the Protestant denominations.

I often examine the lives of the Apostles and attempt to put myself in their shoes. Imagine walking in the midst of God and not even understanding who He was! Would I have recognized Jesus as the Christ? How would I have nurtured my relationship with this mysterious man who showed me righteousness? I can only imagine how terrified the Apostles must have been in the time from Jesus’ arrest to His crucifixion until His Resurrection! What a roller coaster ride of emotion that must have been!

While it may be a bit annoying when one of our Protestant brothers or sisters asks us, “Do you accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior?”, they make a good point. We hear in Mark 12:30 that we are called to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” How are you to love someone so completely if you do not have a personal relationship with them? Likewise, we are called to have a personal relationship with Christ just as the Apostles did. It was their relationship with Christ that compelled them to spread the Word, to go out and “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Our love for Christ, developed through our personal relationship with Him, will be what truly makes disciples of all nations.

“They will know we are Christians by our love.”

Perhaps you see now that the word “personal” was not invented by Luther. He may have been the first to use it, but it most certainly was not his invention. That personal relationship with Christ goes all the way back to the Apostles. 🙂
 
You know?? I never thought about it until yesterday…when I read your letter to Our Blessed Mother. I always have the kids write letters to the Christ Child at Christmas time (better than a letter to Santa, in my opinion). I think I am going to start a “journal” of sorts. Write to Him, my patron saint, and others I feel close to.👍
 
I did sometimes but I tend to be lazy in writing journal. I don’t like to write in general. 😊
 
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I don’t like to write in general. 😊
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Then write in Colonel instead 😛
 
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You say that there is no such word in the Bible as “personal,” but since when did Catholicism rely solely upon the Sacred Scriptures? Dei Verbum states that “Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture make up a single sacred deposit of the Word of God.” This Tradition is one of the things that makes the Church different than all of the Protestant denominations.

I often examine the lives of the Apostles and attempt to put myself in their shoes. Imagine walking in the midst of God and not even understanding who He was! Would I have recognized Jesus as the Christ? How would I have nurtured my relationship with this mysterious man who showed me righteousness? I can only imagine how terrified the Apostles must have been in the time from Jesus’ arrest to His crucifixion until His Resurrection! What a roller coaster ride of emotion that must have been!

While it may be a bit annoying when one of our Protestant brothers or sisters asks us, “Do you accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior?”, they make a good point. We hear in Mark 12:30 that we are called to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” How are you to love someone so completely if you do not have a personal relationship with them? Likewise, we are called to have a personal relationship with Christ just as the Apostles did. It was their relationship with Christ that compelled them to spread the Word, to go out and “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Our love for Christ, developed through our personal relationship with Him, will be what truly makes disciples of all nations.

“They will know we are Christians by our love.”

Perhaps you see now that the word “personal” was not invented by Luther. He may have been the first to use it, but it most certainly was not his invention. That personal relationship with Christ goes all the way back to the Apostles. 🙂
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Wrong. I suggest you buy Luther’s Biography and see for yourself…It is what it is.
 
Righteousone said:
There is no such word in the Bible as “personal”. Therefore I can’t stand it when a Protestant constantly says “Do you accept Jesus Christ as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior”? That was a word made up by Luther in 1517.
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personal (adj.)
1387, “pertaining to the self,” from O.Fr. personel (12c., Fr. personnel), from L. personalis “pertaining to a person,” from persona (see person). Meaning “aimed at some particular person” (usually in a hostile manner) first attested 1614. The noun sense of “newspaper item about private matters” is attested from 1888. As “a classified ad addressed to an individual,” it is recorded from 1861. Personal computer is from 1976.

The first date in this etymology of the word “personal” dates back to 1387, more than a century before Luther was born. How could he have invented it prior to his birth?
 
RavenousWolf said:
personal (adj.)
1387, “pertaining to the self,” from O.Fr. personel (12c., Fr. personnel), from L. personalis “pertaining to a person,” from persona (see person). Meaning “aimed at some particular person” (usually in a hostile manner) first attested 1614. The noun sense of “newspaper item about private matters” is attested from 1888. As “a classified ad addressed to an individual,” it is recorded from 1861. Personal computer is from 1976.

The first date in this etymology of the word “personal” dates back to 1387, more than a century before Luther was born. How could he have invented it prior to his birth?
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Come on…I didn’t say he invented it, I said he USED it for the Protestant religion. Read the Biography.
 
oh never thought of it…i usually talk to Him directly with words…but its an interesting idea, though He knows what i’ll write before i do it 😃
 
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