Day: November 13, 2008

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“He will not expose me, but He will cover me because He loves me.” Anonymous quote from a dear friend.

I hang around people who have a deeply personal relationship with the Lord and because of it they often have sound words of wisdom. I was recently chatting about areas of healing for those open wounds some of us still carry and how gracious our heavenly Father is to offer healing but first we must trust Him with our hurts. Funny enough I got back two emails about onions and layers peeled back. One of them, I hadn’t even mentioned a word to; another of those “weird” moments to capture my attention. As I wrapped their warm words of comfort around myself I was reminded of an even greater promise……

Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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The week is half gone and at the beginning I felt as though I were loosing my semblance of what I consider to be sanity. These days that is nothing more than being outside of my peaceful zone. I have become so used to living in this peaceful presence I don’t often know how to behave on the outside of it. All I want is “back in”.

I have learned how much of being in this presence is really up to me. The more I whine about my situation, the more I plunge myself into “self-pity” mode and well, let’s be honest, “self-centeredness”. I become the grand dame starring in the play about…..you guessed it, “ME”.

I had a chance to get away from myself this afternoon and the easiness with which I accomplished that feat still makes me grin. I merely took myself out to the park and started talking to people who needed to know they are cared about, even by a stranger such as myself.