Lead, Kindly Light

“Check your harkbox” is a set of three magical words. Below, an excerpt from a letter I received yesterday in response to the one I had sent –

And so we are almost done. In a few weeks we should have our diplomas and debt and be on our way. I think a lot about your ambitions and how you see your life. I want you to continue to cast them in the more favourable light where you actively recognize the extent of good you seek to create.

You are a godly woman who will lead a righteous life; it is worth knowing, too, that you will lead a great life. [In your road to becoming a prosecutor] Your humility has had you take pause and contemplate each step. When you succeed your right heart will bring healing to everyone you touch.

And yet, sometimes I think you feel your work is modest. Before God it of course is. But so is anything else we do. Yet, I worry you, in your humble dedication, might underappreciate how much of God’s service you do each day in every role and capacity you assume.

You already think big, I want you always to feel big, not because we are doing anything grand in the Lord’s eyes, but because He gave us some spectacular gifts. You can serve with your grand aspirations and be right with the Lord. […] You are absolutely right to be asking whether your targets are His; I just say keep going until He tells you otherwise, and keep asking.

This is the eighth letter I’ve received since we started writing about two years ago. Each letter is as insightful and rich as its predecessor (and in tinier and tinier font). Good thing we established the letter-writing regime early. If we can keep it up now, when we live literally three blocks away, certainly we can continue internationally come autumn.