Got Cha Covered

Yesterday I came across one of the most beautiful pictures of a rock wall in the painted desert in Arizona. It's colors were breathtakingly beautiful beyond description. As I paused to enjoy the beauty of it I was quickly reminded how it looked exactly like a quilt that my daughter had covering her bed. The delicate lines of color mirrored her quilt in every way. It of course made me think of coverings and what they do. Sorry, but that's the kind of thing that kicks my brain into "wonderment" mode. So here's what I began to think. . . How comforting is the term "got ya covered"! In the hustle bustle of all that we do, to have someone step in on one of your busiest days and say "go, I've got ya covered" is a deep sigh of love and relief isn't it? When someone cares enough to see that you need help and they jump in with the biggest heart of a servant you've ever seen and make that declaration to you, well, there are few words to describe how grateful that would make anyone feel. Covering someone means taking care of their needs, protecting them from harm or weariness in this case. Covering means being the one who takes the reins of responsibility and guides the wagon when we are weak. It's taking the protective role at its most vulnerable moment to bring shelter and care. Covered! Hmmmm Well, you probably know where I'm going next so just come along for the ride and relax. Covered, isn't that what Jesus did for us when he stretched out his arms on that cross and cared for us in the single greatest act of love and protection ever made? We needed a Savior, He covered us. We needed protection from death, helll and the grave, He covered us. We, in our absolute lost and most weary and vulnerable states needed someone who would cover us, protect us and care for us by stepping into our world and saying, "Got Ya Covered"! By doing what He did, dying on that cross and caring for us when we certainly didn't deserve covering, shows us every second of every day how very beautiful his protective, loving, selfless and caring quilt of compassion is over us. The painted desert quilt. . . . . Well. . . . as beautiful as it is, it can't quite or ever will, hold a candle to our Jesus covering. We are covered with a love that can't be illustrated or even painted on desert rocks. His covering can only be accepted and embraced by those who are tired, weak, hungry and in need of a Savior and. . . . that includes us all!