A sweet grace

It is a sweet grace when we are surrounded by people who love us enough to confront us--who are unwilling to let us stay lost, blind, confused, rebellious, and wandering away.  it is a sign of God's covenant faithfulness when he sends people to help us see and repent.  He heals our spiritual blindness most often in everyday moments of growing awareness and progressive conviction.  He uses husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, elders and deacons, neighbors and friends to do his kingdom work. He calls us, wherever we are, to help each other see and pursue a life of faith.
~Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives) pp.236-237