I just got off the phone the other day with one of my very good friends. You probably know her. She's one of those kind of people that always seem to find the patch of bright blue sky on the most gloomiest of days. The kind that is more than ready to offer a hug, or a prayer for you whenever you need it even through the rocky seas of her own tribulations.
When I got off the telephone with my friend I felt like Jesus just reached down from His High Place and gave me a really big hug. It was wonderful. If you have someone like this in your life, pray for her. Thank God for her. It is in people like this that allow you to see Jesus. Yes, trials, yes, tribulations, yes, whiny moments of wondering "Am I?" or "Am I not?" Sometimes it takes people like this who have God as their center, to tell you where your focus really needs to be. And to do so with great love.
Another friend of mine has a sticker on her fridge that reads "My God knows me this I love." It tickles me to read this. To have those words reverberate in the nautilus of my ear, "My God knows me." HE knows me! And I love it!
Thank You My Father, first for Your saving grace, for allowing me the opportunity to know You and to love You. Thank You for showing me small puzzle pieces of the wonderful love You have to offer me, despite who I am, through my beautiful friends. I pray for my friends Father. Bless them, hold them, and love them greater than You do for me. I love You. In the sweet name of my Savior I pray, In the name of Jesus. Amen.
