Prickly People

"Prickly people." This is a term my friend uses to describe people who rub you the wrong way. God answered my prayer this week. I asked God to use me. I want to pour out my life as a living sacrifice to be used by him. This week he tried to use me and I failed miserably. God put someone in my life this week to show love to, but this person gets on my nerves. So for the last several days I've lived in bondage by choosing to be selfish and drawing boundary lines. This is MY SPACE, MY HOME, MY TIME!!! After voicing my problems to a girlfriend this morning, the Holy Spirit was speaking to me. God tried to use me to show love and I can do nothing but complain. God, please forgive me! It's easy to love our friends (that we choose), but God needs us to love the un-lovely, the un-loving. He needs us to go into the world, into the depths and shine HIS light. Fill me, Lord with your love that does not fail. My flesh fails. I need your life in me to flow out of me. His love softens the touch of the prickly people. His love never fails.