Over the past year I have gotten to know and built an amazing one of a kind friendship with a great person! At first we had children in common (her 5 and my soon to be 4). We socialized when we saw each other around town and our kids started remembering each other's names. We went over her house for our first get together, a playdate. We talked as the kids played and got to know each other a little better, sharing values and life perspectives.After that playdate she invited me to my very first Bible Study ever.
I grew up in church, went with my grandparents and always enjoyed the atmosphere...never really understanding what the meaning behind it was. BUT, I was so very excited to be invited to this bible study...I was currently going to church with my very own family now and was learning so much. So, with Bible in hand and the book we were studying I started going to this Bible Study. I met other women, some I already knew from our small town. When you have no idea how to even read the bible,something such as a Bible study can be very intimidating! But I felt in my heart that this was something I wanted to do and I think God brought this friend into my life.
As, Bible study led on, playdates led on, and our friendship grew...I began to learn that my friend had prayed about who she would invite to the Bible Study and being that she invited me opened my eyes to what God was beginning to do for me. He gave me my friend to lead me closer to him which has completely changed every aspect of my life and I haven't looked back! This friend is such a blessing, an angel with no wings! She has truly taught me the meaning of Jesus, Love and compassion. I couldn't have hand picked this friend myself, but God did this and everything he does is perfect!
My friend recently went to Africa on a mission trip, when she was gone I fought hardships and the person I would call was in another country...But I prayed and dealt with these hardships in ways that without God's guidance I would have handled them so differently. Well, my friend is back :) and Tuesday I went over to talk with her about her trip and the hardships I faced and she thought I handled them well. Her trip sounded amazing and I realized something Tuesday night....Our friendship is a friendship built on the Faith of GOD and that is a friendship I have never experienced until now. This is a friendship that is a gift and it is a gift that I am so excited about. She has changed my life!!! I can only hope that I impact someone's life the way she has impacted mine!
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