People

As promised in an earlier blog, here is more about the people God has recently thrown into my life. I use the word "thrown" because that's exactly what it is. I'm a dense person, bad at accepting when God gives me blessings- especially people that turn out to be good friends. The friends I have come close with recently are mainly girls who God has shown me that I can trust and turn to, no matter what. These girls are people who I will never give up on, even when junk happens and sin gets in the way. These are girls I can never see myself being outside of a friendship with... it's just too strange to think about.
I have one close guy friend as well- many of you probably know who I am talking about. He is a dear brother to me- I thank God for him daily. The fact that I can have a guy close probably makes a few of you squirm, but do not fear. He is just that- a brother. A wise man of God that God threw into my life (several times, mind you, until I actually realized that hey, maybe I should try to maintain a friendship with this dude!) and called me to search the Scriptures alongside him. He is someone I see as so wise- a spiritual leader that many can turn to for Biblical counsel.
Yet he is the only person that gets me passionate about what I believe. And I mean passionate to the point of irritation. Why do I get this way? Why do I let what he says rock the my belief I have about a certain subject? Why do I find myself, at the end of every conversation, flipping through the pages of my Bible to hear what God has to say about it?
And then I realize it. It's kinda the same thing as when God throws friends at me because I'm too dense to figure it out. He's thrown this person in my life to throw me back into the Word and into the most important relationship I can have- the one with my heavenly Father, His Son, and the Holy Spirit who encourages me on this walk of faith. He gets me back to the basis of my faith through a man who is a mere mortal, throws me back into communication with Him through being still and listening rather than getting defensive about a topic I am anything but a resident expert on. He throws His Word at me and the truths within in His Word so I may learn more about Him and fall even deeper in love with Him.
He is the love of my life, my beautiful and jealous lover. In Him and through Him I have life.

I praise You, oh God, for everything you throw at this dense mind!