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Surrounded...

God uses all sorts of people to do His work.  I've had relationships with people who were like sandpaper or even more like sandblasters in my life.  Those encounters usually left me feeling raw and exposed, but I believe those people were a necessary part of God's refining love.  He gave them to me, so He could remove the callouses around my heart; callouses that were preventing me from being tender toward Him and others.

 Thankfully, He's surrounded me with others who are always happy to see me, and stick close when I make messes...people who are like a well used quilt that wraps me in the quilt maker's love. 

 Those people are living pictures of God's love for me.  They are love in action.  Their love goes beyond feelings and thoughts to actually doing life with me.  Those are the ones who press in closer and surround me with their strength and courage.  They allow me to draw from their storehouse, so that I will not grow weary and give up.  They link elbows with me and stand with me whenever I cannot stand alone against the onslaught of life.  They are the hands and feet of Jesus; reminding me that He is aware of my circumstances, struggles, fears, and doubts.  They are His declaration of love in my life.  His reminder that He will never leave me or forsake me.  That He is going before me and watching my back.  He has not abandoned me.  He is and I am His!

 Many thanks to each of you who are His love wrapped around my life.  You have helped me see Jesus when my eyes were filled with tears, my heart shattered by hurts, and my grace meter running low. 

Chances are, if you're reading this, you are one of those people God has used to bless my life.  Thank you for putting your love into action!!! 

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