Letter to an unknown officer

Dear Officer,

The more I think about it, I wish we could have met under different circumstances. As it was, I only knew you as the one whose job it was to guard a prison where an execution was taking place. And you only knew me as a protestor, come to make your job more difficult. My sermon could hardly have sounded like good news to you.

But I could tell you'd heard the gospel preached before and that, under different circumstances, you might even be the sort of person who says "Amen!"--and means it. The tears in your eyes were enough to persuade me.

So I wanted to write and say that I really did mean all that about Jesus dying for you and for me and for Patrick Moody, despite all our sins. And I really did mean it when I called you my sister. And I hope you'll forgive me for all the ways I was less than a brother to you. And I pray to our Father in heaven for different circumstances.

Peace to you,

Jonathan