blanket coverage

Look!  There at the very top of the photo, in the center!  Now, do you see the cross formed by the wrinkles in the blanket?

Tomorrow will mark a full seven days since my surgery.   Since then, 98% of my time has been spent on the couch, trying to find a comfortable position.  Sometimes I’ve been successful in those wrestling efforts, and sometimes not.

However and whatever my position, though, I’ve always had my blanket tossed over me.  Yes, it keeps me warm, but there’s another reason I like it.  Not surprisingly, given my tendency to all-too-easily identify with the Peanuts Cartoon character, Linus, a feeling of security, accompanies my use of it.  Hence the phrase, “security blanket, “ of course, which leads me to strongly suspect I’m not the only person on the planet who much enjoys the company of a nice, warm covering.   Without it, I feel a bit, well, exposed and vulnerable, to be perfectly blunt about the matter.

Yesterday afternoon as I settled down and threw the covering across my legs for the umpteenth time, I couldn’t help but notice the prominent symbol of the cross that had been formed by the blanket’s wrinkles. In my half-reclining, half-sitting position, it would have been hard to miss since it was directly in my line of sight with the TV.

I wasn’t looking for the cross, mind you, but there it unmistakably was.  And at that moment, I was again generously and warmly reminded that even when I’m not on the lookout for Him, He is faithfully always on the lookout for me.

Take heart and rest in His ongoing, loving presence in your lives, for we, my spiritual brothers and sisters, are His beloved children, and are safe and secure under His blanket coverage.

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.’ He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.”  Psalm 91:1-2,4  (NKJV)

“Good, Good Father” by Chris Tomlin from the album, “Good Good Father”