Oh, what a blessing friends are in life. You know those special kind of friends. They love you through thick and thin...great times and gut-wrenching times...healthy and unhealthy...dressed up or run down. They are there!
They live next door, an hour away, or hundreds of miles away. Yet they are always in your heart. You may see them daily...every few months...or once a year. The bond remains regardless of distance, time or circumstances. My lifelong bgff lives in another state. We don't talk daily or see one another frequently but we certainly make up for it when we share time together.. I know without a shadow of a doubt that our friendship of almost fifty years will always remain strong and blessed.
Other dear friends have shared this journey with me for decades and I am amazed by their love, kindness, understanding, humor, honesty and faithfulness. I am blessed by many precious lifetime friends and I thank God for each one. This journey of life would be so different without them.
Yet I thank God for my friends for another reason. They remind me of Him. They share laughter...compassion...creativity...courage...talents...and faithfulness beyond my imagination. I believe that each precious soul reflects our Heavenly Father in special ways.
I began thinking. If God has blessed me with such dear friends whom I love so much....I wonder if I treat Him as lovingly as I treat them. Do I communicate openly and consistently with Him? Do I tell Him how much I love Him? Do I thank Him for each blessing? Do I listen to Him and what He desires to share with me?
Dear God~May I love you more dearly, cherish You more consistently, listen to You more intensely, thank You more frequently and follow You more closely. Thank You for being the greatest Friend of all.♥~thl
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." Psalm 107: 1
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