love.

So I was thinking after breakfast this morning how amazing it is that two weeks ago, no one really even knew we were on the green....... and today, we had people waiting for us.
I've also been thinking a lot about love........
Mainly, that so often we play it safe with our love, and I'm wondering if that is really what we were intended to do. The kind of love God shows never stayed in a realm with labels of 'safe' or 'practical' or whatever word we can fit there to try and conform love to a level of comfort that feels ok to us. So I've just been thinking and hoping that this will stretch the way I love others; far too often I shy away from the dangerous sort of love (in the sense that it goes way beyond the sort of love we are typically prone to give) and I'm hoping this will challenge wherever I have placed my invisible boundaries.
There's that verse that talks about perfect love not having any fear in it. No fear of what people think, no fear of danger, no fear of losing...... just the knowledge that I am in my Father's hands. I want to learn that love, what it means to be loved that much, and how to return that love with no room left for any sort of fear in it.

Also, if anyone has an excess of 'picnic-able' blankets of any sort.... we could use them. or even if you happen to know where we could get some.