You Are Loved

I love to be loved.

Don't we all?

I do not know what it would be like to live without love. I have never spent a day in my life without the awareness that I am special to many "someones" in my life. I receive constant affirmations of God's love, Rick's love, my parent's love, my children's love...and on the list goes.

Most of us have the same testimony, but some days we take it for granted. We fail to appreciate the ways we are shown love--especially the ways that God shows us He loves us. My word for the year (Amy's challenge) is Awareness. I want to be aware of God in my life. His love for me and His dealings with me.

God used a couple of special people in my life today to remind me once again that I am loved.

I had to stay home from church this morning...Ugh! I love church! I love God's people! I love the singing! I love sitting under my husband's preaching!

And I was feeling a bit left out. My husband came home from church with a wrapped present...for me! I opened the card and found out it was from Mandy.

I received some "penguin love" all the way from Maryland!



Don't you just love it when someone does something "just because they were thinking about you?" A special thank you to my special friend and fellow blogger for lifting my spirits today!


And my husband proved(again!)that he loves me...

I usually do some type of crock pot meal on Sunday for a lot of obvious reasons, but I had a package of steaks in the freezer from some sale and thought they would be scrumptious grilled. I asked my husband this morning if he would be willing to grill steaks after dropping off his van route in the afternoon and he said "yes." I had a side prepared and ready when he walked in the door and he immediately went and grilled the steaks. Smelled so yummy!!

He came inside and I went to make him a plate of food. He politely refused and said he was going to his office. Having never known this man of mine to turn down a steak I, of course, questioned him.

He is fasting today.

I usually know about this kind of thing ahead of time, but didn't today. So, unknowingly I asked him to cook steak. And he sweetly complied. And told me to enjoy it as he kissed me and headed out the door.

I am so loved!

I know God doesn't have favorites, but do you feel sometimes you got an extra dose of His all-consuming love?

Actually, we receive this love every day, but often fail to recognize it all around us.

So...take some time and be aware of God's love and goodness to you today.

And please know..

...you are loved!!


Thanks for stopping by,



Note to Mandy...how did the interview go this afternoon? And thanks again for my Americana wall hanging! I love you!

Note to Paula...I am going to do that post, but will have to do my counting very carefully! ;) I am so glad we each have a message box! May the message war continue! Love ya!