{"id":16719,"date":"2026-03-10T13:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/love-letters-from-the-heart\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:02:11","slug":"love-letters-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/loved-ones-devotions\/love-letters-from-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Letters from the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Have not I written to thee excellent things&#8230;?\u2014Proverbs 22:20<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I always wanted the men I dated to write me love letters. I&#8217;m a writer, after all, and words are important to me. I fantasized about receiving flowery notes expressing the dream of romance I cherished, telling me how much I meant to the man with whom I would spend my life.<\/p>\n<p>Then I met Keith. 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