Your Life Is God’s Letter: How to Live Each Day as a Message of Jesus’ Love

Your Life Is God’s Letter: Living Spiritually Fit Every Day

There’s something beautiful about the idea that your life tells a story. Not a story written with ink, but one written on the human heart. In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul writes, "You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone." That verse reminds us that how we live speaks louder than any sermon we could ever preach.

In the Spiritually Fit Today series, Arnie Cole sits down with Brian Meyer, a Nebraska native, entrepreneur, and man whose journey shows how God can use every chapter of your life to reflect His grace. Across four conversations, they explore what it means to live as God’s message in the world: through pain, through healing, through forgiveness, and through daily, intentional choices.

When Life Breaks, God Begins to Write

Brian grew up in small-town Nebraska, the son of a beekeeper in what he proudly calls the "honey capital of the world." His father’s hard work taught him resilience, but his family life was turbulent. When Brian was in seventh grade, his father’s drinking spiraled, eventually leading to a devastating fire that destroyed their home. In a single night, the family lost everything, their house, their stability, and the sense of safety every child deserves.

Brian could have turned bitter, but instead, he learned perseverance. His small-town community and his faith, planted deep through his Catholic upbringing, gave him strength. “Raise up a child in the way they should go,” Proverbs says, “and when they are old, they will not depart from it.” That seed of faith, planted early, took root.

Then came another defining moment, a wrestling accident in high school that left him paralyzed. In an instant, his future plans vanished. Yet even through that pain, Brian saw how God was shaping his heart. As he put it, 'All of these things were preparing me for the future.'

Choosing Faith Over Fear

What followed was a long journey through anxiety and depression. Panic attacks hit him unexpectedly, often triggered by fear itself. But God sent help in the form of a doctor and believer, Dr. Garland Bear. Decades after first meeting him in college, Brian called Dr. Bear during one of his lowest moments, and the doctor showed up that very day.

Dr. Bear later said he had felt God urging him to go home that morning because someone would need him. He didn’t know who. But God did.

That single act of obedience changed everything. Through that divine encounter, Brian learned that sometimes you are the only Bible someone will ever read. The people who show up, who make time, who love with no agenda, they are living letters from Christ.

Letting the Holy Spirit Write Your Story

As Brian grew older, he realized that spiritual growth isn’t about following a set of rules. It’s about letting the Holy Spirit inscribe something new on your heart. Ink fades, paper tears, but the Spirit writes permanence. That’s what others notice, Spirit-driven joy, patience, love, and peace.

He began living intentionally, praying each morning for God to make him available for someone in need. Sometimes that meant offering a kind word to a stranger, leaving a generous tip for a server, or simply being present in conversation. As he says, 'As believers, we're called to disadvantage ourselves to advantage others.'

That mindset led him and his wife to start a home church, a simple, Spirit-led community where believers gather not out of obligation but out of love. It was no longer about religion. It was about relationship. The gatherings grew, not by advertising, but by authenticity.

From Religion to Relationship

Religion can give structure, but relationship gives life. Brian grew up reciting prayers, memorizing catechisms, and learning rules. But as he says, 'At some point, the Spirit grabs you and says, it's time to get real about this.' Faith moved from his head to his heart.

He realized the difference between knowing about God and actually knowing Him. And when that shift happened, church stopped being a ritual and became a community. Forgiveness became real too, especially when God called him to forgive his father, the same man who had burned their home years earlier.

After decades of silence, Brian visited his dad and told him he forgave him. His father, with tears in his eyes, said, 'I wish things could have been different.' That moment of grace opened the door for healing. It showed Brian, and all of us, that the gospel written on our hearts is one of mercy, not resentment.

Your Life Is the Sermon

Arnie sums it up perfectly: 'You don’t need a pulpit. You are the pulpit. You don’t need a microphone. Your life is the microphone.' Every conversation, every act of kindness, every prayer becomes a delivery of God’s message.

Brian learned that people are watching, even when you don’t realize it. A woman once told him that his and his wife’s kindness over the years had kept her on the right path. He had no idea his ordinary actions were shaping someone’s faith. That’s the power of a life lived with quiet consistency.

Each of us has that same opportunity. When you live with gratitude, when you forgive, when you reflect the character of Christ in everyday moments, you become God’s message of love to the world.

Three Small Choices to Live Spiritually Fit Today

If you want to start living as a letter from Christ, begin here:

1. Reflect with gratitude. Thank God for writing His story on your heart. Every hardship, every blessing, every lesson is part of His message.

2. Reach out in kindness. Show God’s love through action, a text of encouragement, a prayer for a friend, a small act that points back to Jesus.

3. Remain in prayer. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you anew and produce in you one clear fruit of His presence today, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, or self-control.

Small spiritual reps add up. Just like physical fitness, spiritual fitness grows through daily, intentional practice.

The Power of the Living Gospel

Faith isn’t about perfection. It’s about showing up daily. The Living Gospel is written not on stone tablets, but on hearts softened by compassion and mercy. When you forgive, when you show grace, when you love the unlovable, you display the handwriting of God in your life.

So today, pause before rushing back into your schedule. You just completed a spiritual workout that mattered. Because what you do today truly matters. Tomorrow, you’ll be glad you did.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it mean to be a 'letter from Christ'?

It means your life is meant to reflect Jesus’ love and truth. Every word, action, and decision becomes a message that others read.

How can I let the Holy Spirit guide me daily?

Start with prayer and awareness. Ask God each morning to make you available to someone in need and to shape your heart throughout the day.

Why is forgiveness so important to spiritual fitness?

Because unforgiveness hardens the heart. When you forgive, you mirror God’s grace and allow healing to begin in your own soul.

What’s the difference between religion and relationship with Jesus?

Religion focuses on rules. Relationship focuses on love. True faith is about knowing Jesus personally, not just following rituals.

Keep Growing Spiritually Fit

If Brian’s story inspired you, explore more devotionals and Bible resources at Back to the Bible. You can also connect with our team for prayer or spiritual encouragement.

Remember, your life is God’s letter to the world, written by the Spirit, read by everyone around you.