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I am back, and hope I haven't been gone too long. Many things have happened since I have last written, but I pray that you would pray for me also as this new season begins for me in healing in matters of the heart and spirit.

It has been a time of reflection, loss, pain, and journey in the life I live for the cause of Christ. Though I have failed in many ways on the straight and narrow, I have been reminded of my falliblity and human-ness.

So what's the message this time: DON'T BE DRIVEN BY DESIRE...WAIT AND SEE. I am one who would Do and Do and Do a little more just for the purpose of DOING. Keeping myself occupied to help forget about myself. Enjoying the moments without hesitation to see what more I could do. A person mentioned that it is okay not to be busy, but to be attentive to what is already going on around me.

Jesus has been merciful to me and has kept me, and for this I am thankful. As the hardest season in my life, I have found JESUS to be my best friend who has truly been closer than my brother. I have purposed in many ways to become a friend to those around me, knowing that they may also embrace me, or betray, none the less a friend I will be.

How can I grasp this love, the love of a friend, like the Love of Jesus, like the love that I share, when there are so many things to do? Forget the doing and just be.

My challenge is to:

• Be the one who will not say anything, (you gotta know how hard that is for me) :) but to just listen.
• Be available for the hurting to have a shoulder to lean on.
• Be a glimpse of hope even when things are not going great on my end.
• Be the first to give a smile or hug. (Working on the smiling bit)

When I stop doing to keep me from facing my reality, I can focus on how far JESUS has already brought me through, and keep my eyes on HIS promise. So my goal is to STOP and really "Be Still" listen for direction, and be a friend along the way for those who are in need of the one thing I have to offer, THE LOVE OF JESUS. And when I am hurt by those I love, I have to remember that some really don't know what they do, and forgive, move forward, and stay focused.

Thank you for being a friend.

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times

Loved to Love

Gloria Garcia

Light For Every Nation