The Paradox of Grace (a letter)

it's a great night to write a letter...

i wish i had the pleasure of writing it the old fashioned way. but the urgency of the situation calls for speed. after having thought of you for the whole day. and while in the shower talking to myself i decided to write.
today as we were talking to a man about children and raising them in the best way, we came up with the conclusion that life is hard! in reality life is hard. and that is regardless of your actions. the simple fact that you were born in this earth condemms you to a life o suffering and pain.
i'm sure you are no stranger to this thought and you are nodding you head as you read. and even if this is a reality there are other things as real as this.
you see as humans we have a different perspective in different things. our view is limited by time, space, and power. our vision is defined by our experience and most importantly our past.
we both know our past is a determining factor in a lot of things. you need a good record. at least we do in this earth. but there's a different perspective. a far more beautiful view. the existential perspective. you see through heaven's eyes our past is completely nullified. if it should be of detrement it will not count against you.
there's a dude i know. He's an expert at these things. nullifiyng pasts and making your record look good. you see when the world called its best to compete against Him he took the worst and prepared them to represent Him.
he chose a band of vagabonds. robbers, gang bangers, mobsters, juvenile delinquents, uneducated peasants, outcasts, outlaws, dubious businessmen, and traitors
the world wanted to prove that no one could live in a way that was pleasing to God, the enemy wanted to defeat God by turning the best into the worst.
He had a different plan. He took the worst and proved that it could become the best.
He wanted to show the world that He could erase a person's past and grant him a new present.
a friend told me that the farther you run from your sins the more tired you're going to be when they catch up with you. you see to Him you're not a juvenile with a shady past, a persons that's forever branded with the seal of rejection. to Him you are an opportunity to show the world once again the paradox of grace. of turning the worst into the best.
i'm glad i met you. and that He is letting me be first-row spectator of the miracle. have faith. the process of purification is painful but the ride is fun as heck. i'm praying for you.
when hard times knock at your door you will find in me a friend. maybe not a best friend but a friend. you need anything i will gladly give it without hesitation.
the distance and time might separate us. but we're riding the same boat with the same destination. He knows the way. even if we don't. and if He's our friend then we ain't ever scurred.
beleive me when i tell you that He's not walking from side to side desperately without knowing what to do with your situation. He's got a plan and impercertively as it may seem He's working it out just wait and be surprised. meanwhile i'll be around. okay even if i travel a lot. i'll be around.

i love you. but He does more.

exercise your patience. because it produces faith. at the end we will laugh at this and with triumph we will say "yeah, that's right" pray hard and read the Word harder. i will miss you and wait for the moment when we will be able to say "thank you Jesus, for carrying out your plan in my life, for letting me help you prove the world that with you we are more than winners

-mr. run