Tonite I got to talk with one of my best friends and plan a "week-end catch up" trip just a couple of months away. We laughed the whole time we were on the phone...not so much about what we would do when we arrived (both agreeing that WHAT we do is not as nearly as important as with WHOM we do it!), but more about the fun of planning the trip and the anticipation of seeing each other again. You know, "old friends" are such a blessing. They know the "old you" (the you from "way back"), they've seen it all and they still hold you close. Isn't that the best? Sometimes April and I don't talk for months and months on end, and sometimes we talk consistently and regularly...as well as send notes. Sometimes we get each other's Birthdays right and sometimes not even close! Doesn't matter...we can always pick up and share common memories, current lessons and definietly our closely held beliefs in the ONE who is our BEST FRIEND.
God thanks...thanks so much for giving us friends that help us get just a glimpse of the friendship we have in you. Friendship that means struggling alongside someone, cheering for them, crying with them, celebrating, mourning, challenging and everything in between. Thanks that that helps us to know that you will be with us in our struggles, cry with us, cheer for us, celelebrate with us, challenge us and mourn when we mourn. The difference is that when you come alongside us as our friend you always do so as the one and only, truly Holy God. What gets better than that? Thanks for giving us to each othere and knowing that when we do that we are only reflecting who you are!
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