Paul writes to the church at Corinth, “You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ... written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”

Devotional: Letters used to be treasures. Before texts and instant messages, we waited for the mail to arrive, for someone’s handwriting to tell us we mattered. A letter carries something of the sender—a piece of their heart stretched across distance. That’s the picture Paul paints when he tells the Corinthians, You are our letter.

Paul isn’t talking about paper and ink. He’s talking about testimony. The believers in Corinth themselves were the evidence of God’s grace—living proof that the Spirit was at work. Their faith, their transformation, their perseverance through hardship all spoke louder than any scroll ever could. They were living letters, sent into the world to tell the story of Christ’s redeeming love.

That’s still true for us. We are letters written by the hand of God, carried into the places where His Word needs to be read. Some people will never open a Bible, but they’ll read the story of God’s grace in the way we live, the way we forgive, the way we love without expecting anything in return.

The world is reading our lives every day. And while that thought can feel intimidating, it’s also freeing—because it’s not about writing a perfect story. It’s about letting the Spirit do the writing. We are not the authors; we’re the parchment. Every joy, every wound, every act of kindness becomes a stroke of divine handwriting, spelling out redemption in human form.

Some days, the ink seems smudged. Our stories feel messy and incomplete. But even in the smudges, God’s message of grace shines through. The miracle isn’t that He chooses to write with perfect people—it’s that He writes His love through ordinary ones.

So live today knowing that your life is saying something. Let it tell of mercy. Let it speak of hope. Let it whisper of a God who still writes His story on human hearts.

Action: Ask God to make your life a letter that someone can “read” today. Maybe through kindness, patience, or a word of encouragement that points them toward Him.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, You are the Author of my life. Keep writing Your story through me. Where I’ve tried to hold the pen myself, forgive me. Make my life a message of grace and truth, readable not because I am perfect but because You are present. Let those who see me today catch a glimpse of You in my words and actions. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Thought for the Day: Your life is a letter from God—let it tell a story worth reading.