Dearest One,

First, I must say thank you. You’ve saved me before I was even born, and you’ve saved me time and again every day since. Sometimes you save me from the consequences of my imperfections, many days you save me from myself. In my darkest days you are my light, shining the path I couldn’t find or didn’t want to see. You’ve forgiven me before I even fail. You know that I will fail and you preemptively paid my debt.

It is incomprehensible that this gift you have given is free. I can never thank you enough or earn your love with my works. Even if I lived a perfect life from this day forward, my imperfections from every day before this would still count against me with anyone else. But you, you have already given this gift, paid the price, wiped the slate clean, and all I have to do is run into your open arms and accept it. I can never thank you enough or deserve this salvation, but I thank you that I don’t have to.

I also must apologize for the days I don’t appreciate you enough. I am a selfish human being, focused on my own plans. When my plan is not your plan, I often find myself pulling away from you. You are perfect, and I am not. You know this, for that is exactly why you had to come save me. I would drown without you, both physically and metaphorically, but you became my Lifeguard when you came into the world, and I am so sorry that I continue to cling to my imperfect ways when yours are clearly better.

As I continue my journey to know you and love you more, I pray that you will open my eyes any my heart to be transformed by you. I desire to see others as you see them, and to love them accordingly, as you have loved me when I do not deserve it. I desire to be on fire with passion for you, so that everyone may know the joy that comes from your free gift of salvation. And I know that I can accomplish these things through you, through Christ, you who gives me strength.