This weekend I was blessed to spend time with three of my dear girlfriends. I always enjoy getting together with a group of girlfriends and am sorry to say I don't do it near enough. As we laughed together and caught up on each others lives, I was reminded of how different we all really are. We have different lives, different careers, different politics (REALLY DIFFERENT!), different taste in food, definitely different taste in shoes (Uggs vs. Naturalizers), different lifestyles, different backgrounds, different priorities, different lots of things. But regardless of all of these differences there are at least two things we all agree on: 1) Though we may not be at the same place in our spiritual walk, we all love God, and; 2) We all love each other and anyone of us could call the others in the middle of the night and they would come running. Isn't that really all that matters? Some times we get so hung up on our differences, we forget to look at the things that really matter about our friends.
I believe everyone needs someone they can call in the middle of the night and everyone needs to be that person for someone else. Who would you call? Who knows they could call you?
One of the greatest examples of "girlfriendship" is Ruth. If you haven't read the book of Ruth in a while, take a few minutes and do so. It's only 4 chapters, so it won't take long at all.
"But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." Ruth 2:16
"A friend loves at all times..." Proverbs 17:17
What better time than now to give thanks to God for girlfriends and to let your girlfriends know that you are there for them, night or day.
Make yourself and someone else smile today - call a girlfriend - you'll be glad you did!
My Prayer:
Lord I thank you for ALL the crazy people in my life, especially the ones I call girlfriends! Thank you for giving me these special people to laugh with, and to cry with. Help me to be the best girlfriend to them that I possibly can be. Bless and keep them all of the days of their lives. In Christ name, Amen.
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3 comments:
I did call a girlfriend this morning and we both agree we have gone astray from the loving support of "spending time with girlfriends". Over the phone though, we always have good laughs! Thank you, Kathy.
That is so great Cynthia! Thanks for letting me know.
Kathy, my small group is doing a slumber party in January! We all agreed it would be fun and you gave us the inspiration! Thanks and I love you SO much!
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