From My Heart To Yours

So, I have been thinking lately about people…and my new ventures into the world of Facebook have brought a lot of the people that I have been thinking about…to mind.  Getting in touch with those from whom I have been separated by distance and just life, in general, has been so wonderful.  It has helped me remember things about myself and think about days and happenings that have faded into the recesses of my memory and thought life.  So many good times, so much laughter and joy!

I have wistful memories of relationships that were at one particular time in my life or another, primary and vital to everyday living. Friends.  I wonder how I could have possibly let them slip away from me…people that I truly love/loved and wanted in my life.

If you know me or know anything about me, you know that I have lived in a lot of different places and fulfilled a lot of different roles in life.  I have come to realize that I “let go” of a lot of people and relationships in order to be able to cope with moving on to the new relationships that I had to form.  I have lived a life of change.  Many of my friends have lived the same way.  So, I ask…has every relationship been important?  And I answer…absolutely!

I am amused at how different my emotional response has been to all of the memories of past times and relationships.  I have been catapulted back in my memories to the “places” I knew in childhood, adolescence, young married life, child-rearing days, and ministry roles at all kinds of different levels/places.  It really has been a little weird.  There are people who knew me only as I was and people who know me only as I am.  People who have known my entire immediate family and people who have only known me in part.  Then, there are those who have known me at all of those places of life and yet, not on an everyday basis.  It becomes hard to remember who I was!  It is quite a lot to sort through…and I find myself not sure of who I am!  Can you relate?  Maybe so…maybe not.

Anyway…I have become more aware of just how rich my life has been to this point.  There are a lot of people out there that I dearly love who hold a permanent place in the heart of this one, complete person.  Really good, good people!  (If you have taken the time to read this, I am sure that you are one of the people that I am talking about.)

I just wanted you to know that I truly love you, I truly appreciate the role that you have played in my life, and I cherish your friendship/relationship.  God was so good to me when He allowed our paths to cross.  Such a rich tapestry of weaving in and out to make up the whole of my life!  You are forever a part of me.

And I cherish the thought that I will spend eternity with those of you who are believers…and I pray for those of you who are not.  I pray that you will find your way to Jesus, so that when I get to Heaven, I will be joined with you as one there, as I am in my heart…here.  Jesus has a place prepared for all of us and I want to share it with you.

You are so important to me and I am grateful for you.

I just wanted you to know…

I love you.

Thanks for being a part of my life!