You mess with me, you mess with my WHOLE family

Doesn't it feel good when you know you have people in your corner? People that will be there for you when times are tough, and when you need people to back you up, to fight for you. Isn't there something so comforting when people have your back and know that they will defend you and help you?

Today was kind of a crazy day. One of those days where you just can't believe things are happening the way they are. You start your day with one plan and that is not quite the way things work out. We are in the process of moving out of our old home and into someone else's place while they are back in Australia. Needless to say, it has been a long process. When my roommate went back to the house to get something today, she was forbidden from entering. Even though some of our most valuable items were still in the house, we were not allowed to take them. After calling our landlord, she discovered that indeed tell the guard to not allow us in for various reasons. I think in retrospect some of them were cultural misunderstandings some were just insane.

Considering some of the issues, we decided to not go back alone but ask someone from our office to go. After he heard our situation, he was more than willing to help us. One person quickly grew to four. Our first friend had told others and they were all upset that were being treated poorly. We actually only took four because that was all the room there was in the car. Others wanted to come as well. As we were driving, they were all joking about who was the strongest and who would take who. When we arrived, we went to go and talk to our landlord with all of them standing behind me ready to jump in at a moments notice.

Once we were finally allowed into the house, the landlord began to explain some things. All of them came to our defense and were explaining things. They were not going to allow us to be treated poorly. Even though I felt hurt because of the situation, I felt encouraged because of my "brothers". I don't think I really expected to ever find that here, or that people really felt that way about us. I was so grateful.

Now that all that happened, it made me realize how much God has blessed me with people like that in my life. Over the past year and half while here, there have been countless people that have gone to bat for me, that have fought for me when I couldn't fight for myself; people that are in my corner. People have constantly prayed, encouraged, worked on my behalf, and done so much more.

Even though the day did not turn out at all like I expected, it has been a day where I have been overwhelmed by seeing the hand of God in my life at all times. It has been a day where I have been able to see so much of what God is doing. I am so thankful for all the people that God has put in my life. I have done nothing to deserve any of it. Isn't God good!