As my summer has come to an end, I have done a lot of reflection on these past few months. I have had such a good summer, and have grown in soo many areas, one of which I would like to share. I am not sure if I can even express what I want to get across but here it goes..
I have talked about Alicia numerous times throughout this blog, but this our friendship has really changed. See, the crazy thing about us is that God has parlleled our lives in so many different ways throughout our friendship. Up until the past year or so, we thought God put us in one anothers lives in order to be best friends. What we didn't realize, was how HE brought us together in order to get closer to HIM. After bring friends in high school and living together in college,the topic of faith did not come up once.
"I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
Ever since our junior year in college, Jesus has been the focus of our friendship-praise the Lord for that! Alicia has been rock for so many years, and now she is not only my best friend but my sister in christ.. That's huge! I have watched God transform her into the woman of God he desires her to be. Her light is so radiant and her love for the Lord is apparent in everything she does. I am so blessed to have a best friend that puts Christ before anything else in the world and desires to learn more about him and love like he loves.
" I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved." Psalm 16:8
This summer has been so full of blessings and I am so grateful for a best friend that I could I could share them with. I have to say, the highlight of my summer was a few weeks ago on August 7th. My friend Jordan and I drove up to Athens on Saturday ( as well as a bunch of her other friends and family)in order to be there on Sunday to celebrate Alicia's baptisim. I would not have missed it for the world! It was so incredibly emotional for me to see her go from death to life, the Alicia that I know and love! I cried like a baby. The other day we were on the phone and just took a second to reflect on the spiritual bond God provided for us that is unbreakable. We never ever would have predicted our friendship be developed into what it is today. I am so encouraged by her walk and her obedience to the Lord, and I thank God every day for our relationship and providing me with such a solid accountablitiy partner. I am blessed beyond belief!
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17
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