Dear Troy

Dear Troy,

First of all, I want to thank you for being who are. I want to thank you for taking my side when everyone was against me (even if I was totally wrong), making me laugh when my world was falling apart, and for giving me this new sense of hope about who I am and where I'm going.

Your love for life overflows into my own. I can't help but get a taste of your passion, and I can honestly say that I've never found anything more satisfying, aside from the grace of Jesus Christ.

Which brings me to something else...

You delight yourself in the Lord. And if I were to be brutally honest, I envy that about you. But you don't brag on yourself. You don't judge or condescend. You make me feel loved and wanted, just like Jesus did.

You make me want to fall in love with Jesus when I wake up every morning. He is so real to you, and I am convinced that you truly understand the full meaning of a personal relationship with Him. You tell me things about Him that I have never thought of, as if you just had just spoken with Him.

You mystify me. They way you can articulate the beauty of nature and the things around you. It completely takes my breath away.

You fascinate me in a way that makes me want to learn more about you everyday and copy everything that you do. You are so different than anyone I have ever met, and I can't help but stare.

I don't know what I am in love with: you, or the thought of you. This, I'm still not sure of. I personally don't believe you must know someone for a long period of time before you "really" fall in love with them...because that definitely wasn't the case with you.

The first time I spoke with you, I knew you were different. And when I'm at my weakest, you're the one I want to talk to...because you remind me of Who my first love is, and you send me chasing after Him.

I always want to be around you. I thought people like you only existed in my imagination. Never lose sight of who you are...not just for your sake, or even for my sake...but for the sake of those who have lost hope altogether; you are their hope. You are their light in the darkness. Be the same light to them as you were to me.

Sincerely yours,

Esther