somebody to lean on

My next door neighbour is moving and I went round with a card and to return her housekey that I'd got in case of emergency. I asked for mine back and she said she didn't have it anymore, she thought she'd pushed it through some time back. Thankfully we've had no emergencies where we've needed it, but it has always been my back up plan, if I or the kids couldn't get in, we'd just nip next door for the spare key.
I'm looking forward to meeting our new neighbours and hopefully we 'll also get on and I'll get a new key cut and leave it with them. I like having a safety blanket.
In church, we're often encouraged to trust in God alone. As someone who likes to trust people, and then sometimes finds myself disappointed, I'm still working on what trust means. As imperfect humans, we're bound to mess up from time to time and let others down. Without actual pockets to hold keys, God can't look after my keys directly and my interpretation of trust in God is that somehow I'll always get through situation even if my safety blankets aren't what I've anticipated.
I do think we all need somebody to lean on. My experiences lead me to believe tho that we live in communities and so need to lean on a range of people - we can't rely on just a single somebody cos no-one can be everything to us. The somebody we lean on today might be different to the somebody we lean on next week. I'm grateful to all those I lean on, as well as who lean on me. Today I hope to be mainly leaning on my bed or settee after a full on week. Tho we do have a go kart to construct!!

I've just received an unexpected parcel :) A year ago I contributed to something some lovely people were hoping to make happen and needed some backers to trust it would. A bit like crowd funding only less official. I wasn't expecting anything in return, tho was looking forward to being able to buy the item once it was finished. Today I've received a bigger version, free of charge, worth way more than my donation. See, trust is amazing!!