Old Friends
One of my granddaughters wrote in her Myspace blog that she wants to move back to where she moved from. She misses her old friends. I can sure relate to that. Growing up, I went to 52 schools. I barely made friends before we moved and I missed them.
When relationships develop each person learns about the other and a mutual ACCEPTANCE is fostered. That's comfortable. It's secure. We have freedom to make mistakes because we trust our friends to still love us... even if the flub up was a big one. We don't fear looking stupid with our friends... we know they will just think its funny and laugh with us, then lovingly set us straight. Too bad family members don't treat each other like old friends. There is much in my past I would change....
I know how Chani feels. I miss my old friends. I am slowly making new ones, but there are people in my past I will always yearn to be with. The bonds we've built may fade but are not weakened by time and distance.
I will reunite with my best earthly friend later today. I was so excited I couldn't sleep last night. I have longed to wrap my arms around that tall man and lay my head on his little paunch. Yes, he's got a tummy and when we stand together it's just the right height to lean my head on, We've been married over 30 years now but I still get a thrill each time I hear his voice on the phone or see him come through the door. Like me, he has done some pretty stupid things. We could be on the Vonage commercial. Wouldn't even need to act. LOL But we accept and love one another anyway.
I cannot end a discussion of friends without mentioning my very best friend, JESUS. He's so very well known, but like others with wide spread fame, He is not well understood. I meet so many people who have some truly false ideas about who and what Jesus is. Let me just say this, the best way to meet Him is in His Word and through prayer. He is fully God and fully man... He is my Savior, but He is also my best, my very best Friend.
Don't you need a Friend in high places, too?
When relationships develop each person learns about the other and a mutual ACCEPTANCE is fostered. That's comfortable. It's secure. We have freedom to make mistakes because we trust our friends to still love us... even if the flub up was a big one. We don't fear looking stupid with our friends... we know they will just think its funny and laugh with us, then lovingly set us straight. Too bad family members don't treat each other like old friends. There is much in my past I would change....
I know how Chani feels. I miss my old friends. I am slowly making new ones, but there are people in my past I will always yearn to be with. The bonds we've built may fade but are not weakened by time and distance.
I will reunite with my best earthly friend later today. I was so excited I couldn't sleep last night. I have longed to wrap my arms around that tall man and lay my head on his little paunch. Yes, he's got a tummy and when we stand together it's just the right height to lean my head on, We've been married over 30 years now but I still get a thrill each time I hear his voice on the phone or see him come through the door. Like me, he has done some pretty stupid things. We could be on the Vonage commercial. Wouldn't even need to act. LOL But we accept and love one another anyway.
I cannot end a discussion of friends without mentioning my very best friend, JESUS. He's so very well known, but like others with wide spread fame, He is not well understood. I meet so many people who have some truly false ideas about who and what Jesus is. Let me just say this, the best way to meet Him is in His Word and through prayer. He is fully God and fully man... He is my Savior, but He is also my best, my very best Friend.
Don't you need a Friend in high places, too?
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