Feeling the Love

Well, ask you shall receive right? I have been feeling the LOVE lately from people around me and I have been trying SO hard to receive and accept it. It all started during the CRAZY bad week i had about a month a go. I have been feeling really alone, depressed and sad about my situation. I also have been getting really anxious and nervous about the cold weather and the winter and all the complications that arise from that. So, its been nice to feel love and support from people. So,  here is how I have been feeling the love lately.
- One night five awesome ladies from my church came over to my house. I gave them the rundown of the past two or so years and ALL the health issues and what not I have encountered. They so graciously listened to EVERYTHING. They cried with me. They hugged me. They sat in silence with me. THEN, they all prayed with me... they encouraged me beyond anything I could ever imagined. I was covered with love from them and in one night I gained five new friends and "sisters". God is good and reminded me that BIG TIME and I am NEVER alone and I am LOVED.
- I am loved at work by my good friend and co- teacher. On a daily basis she reminds me I can continue to teach and Im not that bad at what I do. She is such a blessing.
- Two weeks ago I was HORRENDOUSLY nauseous. My sister and her friend invited me over for dinner so I wouldn't be alone AGAIN on a Friday night. It was nice. The next day, I laid flat ALL day because I was so sick from my medication. SO, instead of being alone, I invited my sisters and a few friends to watch a movie. I told them all i wasnt feeling well but was going to watch a movie and they all came over and we made hot drinks in the Kuerig and watched Water For Elephants (good movie). Again, not alone and LOVED.
- Last week I had a god awful RA day. It was horrible. I wanted to give up or crawl in a hole. Well, the next day some of my best friends blew me away with thier support and love. One gave me a surprise card with a small gift, the other helped me with school work from the day before that I missed and she made me dinner. THEN another friend dressed up all goofy with her kids and made me cookies... again I was redminded how much I am loved and not alone.
So, although emotions run wild in me and I keep a lot inside to myself, I am trying more and more to be open, real and honest with what I am going through, God is really coming through and letting me now -- Hey mandy, you are NOT alone in this crazy battle and MY OH MY are you loved by so many.