Friendship, thankfulness, and lessons along the way.

There are certain people and even families in my life (some I have only known less than a handful of years)...I feel like they have been here for me forever. I often find that I am not thankful enough for them, but you know what? I have some dear dear friends...I have people around me that love me and that I love dearly in return. I have wonderful, beautiful, Christ loving people in my life that encourage, uplift, help and give advice to me.

I have come to the conclusion that far far too often I take these people for granted...I don't think I am grateful enough for the support system God gave me. Thankfully ( and I say thankfully now but that's not what I was saying then! just so you know!) about a year ago...God produced a friendship trial in my life where I had to make a decision. I think I made the right one. Though I am not going to say it was without making some mistakes in the whole ordeal. Long story short.I lost the person I called my best friend. Along the way though I have learned sooo much about friendship and the way God wants me to do friendship.

Before this trial and ordeal, I quite honestly thought friendship was give and take relationship...but God taught me to do things without expecting anything back and that when I do that its alot more fun in a way. I thought that in  a good friendship you wouldn't have to sacrifice anything...but God taught me that the best friendships are constantly sacrificing even small things for each other in love.

And you know what? God's way of doing friendship was sure better than mine! My friendships now are really much much sweeter and much more encouraging!

PRAISE GOD FOR FRIENDS!!
Lets not take for granted the people God has put in our lives!!