Love Language

God truly knows my love language... not that I'm surprised.

I have a lot going on these days. You can say that my plate is overflowing. Every now and then, when I get overwhelmed, I can start to feel sorry for myself. I miss having someone to share the load. Sometimes I just plain feel lonely and miss Ron. This can be brought on by the oddest things and most of the time there is no rhyme or reason for it. It just is. Suddenly, without warning, I'm back in that pit.

This week I found myself overwhelmed, not sleeping well, and falling into the pit of loneliness. I'm not sure what started this spiral downward but it doesn't really matter.

During my quiet time with God one morning several months ago, God seemed to be saying to me, "Jesus was lonely, too." I had never really thought about that before but now it seemed to make perfect sense.

Jesus spent so much of His time on earth pouring himself into the lives of others. Something about this clicked in my brain... and in my heart. Instead of turning my feelings of despair inward and falling into a pit, I could pour myself into the lives of others. (Hmmmm... a lesson from the Bible - go figure!) It's amazing how quickly I feel better about myself and my situation when I'm helping someone else. I almost forget what my problem was in the first place because my focus is redirected.

God knows that this is what gets me out of my pit so for the past 24 hours He has nudged me to do specific things for specific people. Isn't it awesome the way He orchestrates stuff like this?! Nothing is trivial to Him if it matters to us. A handful of people in my life (and a couple of strangers) needed to hear from Him. I needed to be used by Him. He put it all together and I get the tremendous blessing of being used by God to bless others. In the process, I'm the one who feels blessed. Doesn't it just blow your mind the way God loves us exactly the way we need to be loved?

God knows my love language! He let me see and feel His presence in tangible ways over the last 24 hours. He whispered in my ear to pick up a little something for a couple of friends and to bring lunch to a handful of people at church today. Nothing extraordinary... except His hand in it all.

Instead of crying tears of loneliness today - I cried tears of gratitude for a Heavenly Father who loves me so much that He reached out to me in my love language. I'm a lucky gal! I'm the daughter of the King of Kings. I'm a Princess and everyone knows that princesses are special!

I still feel overwhelmed and my plate is still overflowing but... I'm definitely not in the pit!

Sweet Blessings,
Princess LeAnn