This morning I was allowing anxiety to creep into my peaceful soul. An issue over which I have no control was invading my space with a vengeance. Have you been there? In times like these, logic and reasoning seem to have gone out for a walk. There you sit, with an impending doom over something that may never happen. Silly, right? Yet it still happens even to people who otherwise seem to have their proverbial shit together.
As I was struggling with the war going on inside, a vision came to me. I want to wrap God around me like a blanket. He is the ultimate comforter. He is always available, 24/7. My loved ones are not. And when they are, there is only so much they can say to you that will take away the anxiety you are experiencing. Sometimes they are in the midst of their own troubles. The will to help you is there but they cannot see past their own pressing needs.
God as a blanket. I rather like that image. It would be like wrapping yourself up in love. How wonderful would that be? I remember the day we had to put down my beloved horse, Barbie. It was a cold, rainy, miserable day. I came home and laid on the couch after taking some Nyquil to help me sleep. Then I took the feather bed comforter off our bed and wrapped myself up in it. I love the way it feels around me. It is soft and soothing and tantamount to a hug. Not just any hug, but a loving, generous mother’s hug. I still sleep with it today, even in the warmer weather. I know. Weird, right?
God is just waiting for us to call on him, for whatever reason. Be it prayer, gratitude, praise or a cry for help. When you are in the midst of strife, pain, sadness, whatever the feeling, if you need him, call on him, even just to say, “Please help me, God! I can’t do this alone. Please be with me.” Then wrap him around you like a blanket. Stay in that embrace for as long as you need. When you feel better, get up and move on, knowing he is still close by and reachable, whenever you need him. God bless.