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A BLANKET FOR EVERYONE Read: John 18:15–27 Bible in a Year: Leviticus 1–3; Matthew 24:1–28 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 Linus Van Pelt, better known as simply “Linus,” was a mainstay in the Peanuts comic strip. Witty and wise, yet insecure, Linus constantly carried a security blanket. We can identify. We have our fears and insecurities too. The disciple Peter knew something about fear. When Jesus was arrested, Peter displayed courage by following the Lord into the courtyard of the high priest. But then he began to show his fear by lying to protect his identity (John 18:15–26). He spoke disgraceful words that denied his Lord. But Jesus never stopped loving Peter and ultimately restored him (see John 21:15–19). Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 Peter’s emphasis on love in 1 Peter 4:8 came from one who had experienced the deep love of Jesus. And he, in turn, stressed the importance of love in our relationships with the words “above all.” The intensity of the verse continues with the encouragement to “love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” Have you ever needed that kind of “blanket”? I have! After saying or doing something I later regretted, I have felt the chilly draft of guilt and shame. I have needed to be “covered” in the manner that Jesus covered disgraced, shame-filled people in the Gospels. To followers of Jesus, love is a blanket to be graciously and courageously given away for the comfort and reclamation of others. As recipients of such great love, let us be givers of the same. Father, Your love, in and through Jesus, has rescued us time and time again. Help me to be an instrument of Your saving love for others. God loves you and me—let’s love each other. 
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Yes. In life and in the blogs, I find it is best to try to walk in that love, and many times to just say nothing but pray for others. God's security blanket of love covers me and can cover all of us. On another matter.... a physical security blanket. Years ago, my late husband and I gave his mother a stadium blanket. She liked to lay on their couch, but needed a blanket and a blanket from the bed was too big and just hung on the floor. The stadium blanket was warm, but just half the size of a regular blanket. After she passed away, we got that blanket back and I took it as my own security blanket. It is usually the only blanket I use all year long because it seems to have a heat of its own. There have been only a handful of nights that I have not used it, and I even pack it to take on trips. I guess you would call that my security blanket. LOL. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Pat you have an interesting story about your blanket. I know children sometimes have a special blanket they carry around with them everywhere. Sometimes in their teens they still have this blanket. It is a form of security for them and something they can really identify with. I have a crocheted afghan that was given to me by a friend a number of years ago. She passed away a few years back and I always think of her when I sometimes wrap it around me when lounging on the sofa to ward off a chill. Maybe I can call it my security blanket. Marbella puts it well in her post.
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