Warning: This is a slightly soppy post

I've been thinking a bit about God and stuff lately. Maybe even more so than usual - which probably isn't a bad thing. Without sounding too cryptic as I talk about this (I know I'm an open book much of the time but some things are still a little private) I prayed earnestly for "something" to happen quite a few years ago. "Something special" that I wanted...needed.  But over the years, that "special thing" eluded me and I began to think that God might have forgotten. During those years life's ups and downs took hold and I just plodded along.  Then, more recently some stuff got in the way of my living. There was a bit of heartbreak and quite honestly I came extremely close to giving up.

 But God stepped in...and something else was happening. That "special thing" that I needed...it was right there. That "special thing" had arrived. God hadn't forgotten about me.  And someone else had been praying for that "special thing" for a long time too. And I think when the time was just right, God just might have said, "Yes! NOW is the time to put all this together. I'm sorry you had to wait so long my Darling Child, but THIS is the time for it to happen."

So, a very personal and heart-felt prayer has been answered. The funny thing is, that I'm surprised and amazed. In fact I was so surprised that I even began to doubt this wonderful "something". I couldn't define it, I couldn't put it in a box, I couldn't even believe that it was right for me to have it. Yes, God is amazing, but why should that surprise me? What gets the lump in my throat (in a nice way) is that I'm special enough for Him to remember me. I'm so precious to Him that He's given me something that I desperately craved for so long.  And quite honestly, what He's given me is something unusual - a very rare gift. Why IS it so hard to accept that I really am this special to Him? The fact is: God treasures me! I'm only just beginning to experience this first hand. Guess what! God treasures YOU too. Even if, like me, you never really thought you were quite good enough for Him, God treasures you!

Someone recently compared me to a diamond. Is this really what God thinks of me? Mind-blowing stuff, eh?

I think the point of this post is that for the first time in my life, I'm actually experiencing in a very real, tangible way that I am precious to my Heavenly Father. Me!  Out of the billions of people on this planet He's taken the time to remember how I tearfully implored Him to hear me all those years ago. With this wonderful answer to prayer, He's becoming more "real" to me. He's teaching me a whole new way of expressing my love for Him.

And I think He's just a little bit excited for me.