All We Have To Do Is Ask (Day 443)

Sometimes I find myself caught up in a difficult day and sometimes I just need to know I'm loved. Today turned out to be one of those days and as I was driving to work I asked God to show me He loved me. I know for a fact He does, I just wanted to see it today. I hoped for something that would hit the cords of my heart perfectly. I wanted that love letter that made me feel pursued. Whenever I ask Him for this sweet little gesture, I never know what to expect. Sometimes it's something simple like taking a backroad and seeing something unexpected, sometimes it's in an unexpected event that turns out in my favor, but most of the time it's words from another person. It's words you don't hear everyday. Ones that you didn't really know were true about you. God knows that I love to hear what He and others think about me and He gave me just that.

There was a friend that I met last summer at church. She's been living in OKC while in school but that hasn't stopped me from really enjoying seeing her whenever she is in town. Today, I got to see her at church! I came up and gave her a hug. We talked about her studies, her boyfriend, my life and work, and then she said something I was quite touched by. She told me that she appreciated how welcoming I was and that I was "just so sweet." She said out of all of the people in the group I was the one to make her feel as if she belonged. We don't really know each other that well but she always feels like we just pick up right where we left off and that makes her feel comfortable.

I haven't felt like I've been that way lately. All of those things she said to me seemed unreal and then I remembered what I had prayed earlier that day. What she said to me made me so warm inside. I felt like I was important and worth something. I felt as if I was living for someone else and not just myself. I'm telling you, our Lord really wants each and everyone of us to feel loved, cherished, pursued. He adores us, there really isn't a better word for it. We are His and He wants us to know that. Sometimes all we have to do is ask.