Feel the Love
I sat down with my prayer journal this morning, jotted the date at the top, and realized it will soon be time to start a new month. Glancing back through my month of prayer requests, answers and dialogue with God, I saw that on the very first day of this month of love I had written “You are the God of love.” My breath caught a little short, my heart did a little pitter-patter thing, my lip curled in a little smile, I felt this comforting little sense of closeness…and it dawned on me that I really was loved so well this month. I was loved on by Doug. When I was sick, he brought me soup. He told me I looked pretty (when really I looked like a hot mess). He worked on my honey-do list. He listened intently when I shared some things that had been on my heart. I was loved on by my children. Em understood that I needed her, when I know she really just wanted to be with her friends. Bennett couldn’t wait to gift me the Valentine’s present he had picked out. Auggie made me laugh like only he