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Originally written July or August of 1993

Originally written July or August of 1993
(Jonathan is 13)

Dear friend,
The more I travel with you, the more I understand your life. Your struggles are not all that different than mine. You struggled to make a better world, while I struggle to make a better me. In time, I would hope that I will be able to fight for your causes and lead others to follow.

What I don't get is how, especially in this day and age, I am supposed to be the leader of a people who have begun to lose track of where they're at or from.

Each time I've fallen, you seem to be the one who stopped me from falling any further, and when I'm ready to stand up, you are more than willing to help. When I decide to help myself reach the top, I do end up reaching a complete standing position where I have a good balance and not bad posture. Then, all of a sudden, I fall again. This time a little closer to the ground. Why is it I can never seem to keep that balance for an extended period of time?

What happens when I fall so low that I fall in the mud? Will you be there to pull me out and clean me off? I hope so.

Actually, Trinity, Mary, and all other angels and saints, I know so. You will not only clean me off, but you will lead me down a different road, that isn't muddy. In my hand, I feel you will place a crutch, a crutch so strong that not even the strongest blow could break it. This crutch will stop me when I fall, and will let me rest if I need to, while I walk down the road.

Today, God, I would pray that you would let me use your strength and power.
Put those in my crutch and let me use them when I need to.

Today, Jesus, I would pray that you would put your tolerance and forgiveness in this crutch.
You tolerated unbearable pain on the cross and still asked your father to forgive them.

Today, Mary, I would pray that you would put your love and understanding in the crutch so that I may also learn to love others as you did, and love them wholeheartedly with understanding.

Today, Holy Spirit, I would pray that you would put your wisdom in this crutch.
I have seen many times how you know how to get people to listen to the good things God and Jesus give us.
Give me the wisdom, so that I may also know how to reach people in a meaningful way and show them that their lives can be touched and helped by God.

To this crutch, I will add many things as I go through life.
When it is my turn to go to the divine place called Heaven, I will pass this crutch along to at least one other, maybe more.
Whoever that is will hopefully carry out what I have been given the tools to start.

I thank everyone in Heaven. I now see I have been chosen for a purpose. To lead those who are lost, confused, or headed in the wrong direction to God.