All I need

I couldn't sleep one night about a month ago, so like a good American I turned the tv on to try and veg the day away. It hurts me to admit this, but I sometimes turn on the Hallmark channel (guilty pleasure). There was a movie on called, When Love isn't Enough. It caught my eye, so I started watching. It was the story of the couple who started Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon. (I will admit I had to google Al Anon. I didn't even know it existed until that night.) I didn't finish it all, but the jist of the movie was that the wife's love wasn't enough motivation for the husband to stop drinking. It was a good story, just like any other sappy Hallmark Channel movie.
Over the next couple of days, the thought that love could be enough to live on stayed on my mind. Could love really be enough? What kind of love are we talking about here? The kind shared between friends or a husband and wife?.....I love my husband, but I don't think I could make it solely on that love....I couldn't shake the thought of living off of love.....don't know why, but the thought wouldn't leave me......it started to bother me. So, I asked the Lord what He thought.
"You could live off My love, you know. I Am all you need."
I didn't have much to say in response. What can you say, but thank you?

This afternoon, I was cleaning the rat nest that had become my desk. Listening to my ipod, drowning the world out I looked up to see that there was a storm blowing in. I am one who likes storms, so, naturally, I went out on the back porch to take in the smells, cool air, and watch the storm come.
The Lord said, "Step out in the grass." Until then I had been under the safety of the porch.
"Ok, Lord." Off I went. The wind was stronger. The air was colder. The trees seemed to sway a little farther when I was out in the middle of it. Now, it's not the I didn't notice all those things from the porch, but when I was exposed it seemed to be amplified.
I still had my ipod going. "How He Loves" came on. I love that song. As the song played, I stood in the grass watching the wind blow through the trees.
"Do you feel me?"
I will admit that I had been thinking that this was crazy and I should probably go back to the porch where I would be safe. But, I went with it. And as I stood there this amazing peace filled my heart, mind, and all the rest of me. "Yes, Lord, I feel you!"
"You see the trees bend. You know the storm is coming, right?"
"Yes."
"What are you feeling now?"
Now, remember that the words "Oh, how he loves us" are still playing in my ears.
Yes, Lord, you do love me.
And all of a sudden it clicked. Yes, you do love me. And even though I know the storm is coming, I DON'T CARE! All I feel is you.
Those thoughts that this was crazy were gone. I stopped looking at the effects of the storm. All I wanted to do was be with Him.
So, I said, "You know what, I want to dance. Let's dance!"
Yep, out in the middle of my yard, we danced.
"You please Me.... Now this is how you are to live."
In my heart, I knew that He was there and that His love was all I needed. It didn't matter what was going on around me.
Wait. What? All I need? Yep, He tied together those concepts in that moment. I could and can live off His love alone. This is how I am to live, right? As we danced, He sealed in His love!