People… they come in all shapes and sizes. They play so many different roles in our lives. Some of them make a difference, while others leave a scar. Unfortunately, human as we are, we tend to focus so much on the ones who’ve hurt us, that we don’t give enough credit to the ones who don’t. We use the failures and disappointments caused by some, to judge the hearts of others. And yet, it is through these very people that God chooses to work in our lives. He offers providence through PEOPLE. When in need, PEOPLE come to help you. When you weep, PEOPLE come to comfort you. When you are in pain, PEOPLE help you through the healing process.

So today, I want to celebrate my people. I want to celebrate that they’re in my life.

Today I am grateful for the people who bring me coffee in the middle of the night as I wait in the hospital.

Today I am grateful for people I can call and ask for something as lame as a bedsheet and a pillow.

Today I am grateful for people who call me family.

Today I am grateful for people who translate medicine into English.

Today I am grateful for people who copy and share my status message asking for help.

Today I am grateful for people who annoy me by constantly checking to see how I’m doing.

Today I am grateful for people who ask me for updates.

Today I am grateful for people who rush my way to donate blood, no questions asked, no expectations assumed.

Today I am grateful for people who sit with me in the hospital even when I ask them not to.

Today I am grateful for people who understand when I ask them not to come see me.

Today I am grateful for people who ask me to help.

Today I am grateful for people who respond to a group text in a private window.

Today I am grateful for people who ask me to text them once I get home safely.

Today I am grateful that I have people, and for them I am grateful!

In closing I must say – I lift my eyes up, my help comes from the Lord!