So Thankful...

Don't you just love it when God places something in your life that you had no idea you needed at all or even at that particular moment?! I know in the past few months I have just been so overwhelmed with this exact thing! Through the storms, the feelings, the transitions and the processing, God has been so faithful!! Providing me with friends, mentors AND an amazing new church family that I adore and can't get enough of!! Not only have they loved me, but God has loved me through them, when I have not loved myself. He has encouraged me through the words and actions of others... Showing me Christ in so many ways! Yes, people come into our lives and some will leave. People will let you down also. It's a part of life, we are all human! We all do it! Its different though when you show your heart, walls totally down and they still love you! They love the funny and the sad! They love unconditionally, just as God loves us unconditionally! 


My eyes and heart have been opened in so many ways, and most times, the only words I can seem to get out is a thank you! Really though, that thank you means so much more. It's hard to explain the gratitude that is pouring out of my heart right now. For those that have not only taken a little time to see inside my heart, but also those that have come up along side me and have constantly encouraged and loved on me. For that, I am beyond grateful and blessed! No words can truly express my feelings deep inside my heart. All I know is, no  matter what the future holds, those that have made such an impression on my heart will be in my heart and prayers always and forever! 


The good times over lunch! Endless chips n salsa! Our crazy addictions to Starbucks! Our weekly dinner conversations! Endless text messages and e-mails! Thursday Nights! Worshiping our King together!! Small group! Our girls nights out! Movie nights! Sex and the City! Our deep conversations and then bursting out into laughter!! Nights of girl talk! Growing and working on life together! Encouraging and lifting each other up in prayer! A place to rest your head! The tears and snot kind of cries! Girlfriends! Pure empathy! Not feeling we have to fix each other! Safe! Loved Unconditionally! Not Alone! Accepted! Patience! Joy! Laughter! Screaming! Home! 


I am truly grateful for those that God has placed into my life recently! I know that my life and heart has been forever changed because of each one of you! You have seen the dark parts of it. You have seen the joy in it. You have seen my heart in whatever state it was in, and chosen to be a part of it and not walked away. You have seen parts that I have hid for so long, even to myself and yet you have accepted me, and that part of my heart! I thank God every day for you and only pray that I am the same kind of friend you have all been to me! 


I love you all so much! You have been put into my life, and I thank God every day! You all have made a lasting imprint on my heart, and I will never be the same again! You have shown me love, pure unselfish love in so many ways and in my heart that love will always remain! Thank you will never be enough! Love you all!!!!