I have some pretty amazing people...people who love me for me...people who drag my butt out of bed when I say I want to have a healthier 2016...people who make me shirts that talk about my love of Jesus and my use of bad words...people that give me treasures that I adore...people who go to church with me on a Saturday night because I want to go even though they are sick. These are my people. I love my people.
Today as I was putting up my Christmas decorations I was reminded of the abundant love I have in my life. I had planned to be very productive on January 1st and do things like put away my Christmas decorations, but as with most grand plans it just didn't happen. I did it today because I.did.nothing.yesterday and it was AMAZING. Remember those people I talked about loving a minute ago, well one of them cooked an amazing dinner yesterday so technically I did do something...I ate. Anyway I digress...as I was putting up those Christmas decorations I went to put up this sweet ornament from my Jena and it made me reflect on my people and their impact.
God gives us our people for several reasons. We are meant to live in community to love, challenge, and support one another. "For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:4-5 It is through this community that we gain perspective and a love that reflects Christ's love for us. I am so incredibly thankful for my people and how they sharpen me. Each one of them impact my life differently. They love me even when they may not like me very much...when I am not so easy to love. They hold my hand and they hold me accountable. They give me words of encouragement and words of counsel. They speak words of truth over me that come straight from my sweet Savior and most importantly they pray intercession over me.
One of my focuses for this year...note I didn't say resolutions...is to eagerly and earnestly seek God all throughout my life. I 100% believe that He has put the people who are in my life right now there to walk with me as I strive for this reality. People to do life with who will be there to help me back up when I fall on my face, and cheer with me when God's grace and glory are front and center.
And so to all of my people...and you know who you are...may this Ephesians 3:20 year be a blessing to you as we walk through it together to glorify the one true God above all else! Of all my #blessings, and there is a infinitely long list of them, I am truly so humbly thankful for you!
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12
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