Some people we encounter seem always full of love. You know who they are: the ones that always make you feel treasured, accepted, heard, understood. They seem always happy and their joy seems to spill over the brim of their own hearts bathing everyone else with grace. Who comforts these people though? Where do these people so brimming with love for others go when they need to be filled? Sometimes, we become so accustomed to receiving what we need from a generous friend that we forget to ask that question.
Dark times come to us all. The rich in love have hard times, too, just like everyone else. The ones that I have been blessed in knowing go to God with their emptiness, honestly reaching out to God for the fullness of comfort and joy that only God can give . . . and they receive it. God does not intend for us to be empty. When we ask God to be full, God fills us.
Often God does this through the agency of other people. The person that God uses in this purpose may be you! God may use you today to be a blessing for the loving. Today YOU might be the minister of God's comfort and love to the one who usually ministers to you.
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