I’m not counseling you to buttonhole everyone you meet, but take advantage of the people in your life whom you are sure know and love you and know and love God. They are tools of right-here, right-now grace. Invite them to be warriors with you in the spiritual battle. And don’t worry about what people think of you. Remember, you don’t get your identity, peace, security, and rest of heart from them but from your Lord. No one in your life is capable of being your messiah; people are tools in the hands of your Messiah, Jesus. It would be impossible to fully communicate the depth of the comfort,
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