Why God Gave Us Friends

Someone gave me this a long time ago and I just found it when I was going through some things in my cold storage room. Just wanted to share it because I think it is so true. Although you don't find a lot of these kind of friends; when you do find one, you want to keep them.

God made the world with its towering trees, its mighty oceans
and tranquil beaches.
He fashioned the majestic mountains,
the cool, green valleys and the quirt woodlands.
He set the moon into its orbit
and placed the stars in the heavens,
He divided Time into seasons,
each with its own magnificent beauty.
He gave us dominion over the earth
and everything thereon...
and all these things He gave us
for our benefit and pleasure.
Then in His great wisdom,
God looked down the corriders of Time
and foresaw the special needs of human hearts.
He saw how often we would need
someone to share our inner thoughts and motives...
Someone who hears
not merely the words we speak,
but our deeper feelings, for which there are no words...
someone who knows the worth of silence
and listens without judging.
That's why gave us friends.

He saw that we would sometimes need relief
from the frantic pace of competitive living...
someone with whom we can drop all pretense,
who will love us,
not for what we may some day become,
but for what we are right now...
someone who will close his eyes to our human frailties
and see only that which is good in us.
He knew our hearts would sometimes be burdened
with sorrow and disappointment...
and that we would need
someone who knows just when to speak
and when to stand silently by,
giving us strength and comfort by simply being near.
That's why God gave us friends.

He saw that there would be times
when we would become tired and discouraged...
and would need someone to encourage us
to reach our highest potential...
someone to cheer us on and bring us face-to-face
with out better selves.
He saw that there would be times
when we would stumble and fall...
and would need someone to help us
pick ourselves up and try again...
someone who would teach us
to laugh at our mistakes
and help us find the rainbow after the rain.
That's why God gave us friends.

God saw that we would sometimes
have to take a lonely stand
because of our convictions...
and we would need
someone to support us when we're pursuing a dream...
someone to humor us when we're impractical
and to stand beside us when we champion a cause.
He knew our hearts would sometimes burst with joy
that must be shared to be fully experienced...
and that we would need
someone to praise us for our accomplishments
and rejoice with us in our good fortune...
someone to increase our awareness
of the beautiful in life.
He foresaw our strengths, our weaknesses.
our dreams and our longings.
And so God gave us friends,
that we on earth might have a glimpse
of the joy of heaven...


So, if you are blessed to have a friend like this; don't take them for granted...let them know you appreciate them in some small way.

"New Year's Resolutions"

I was lying in bed a couple of nights ago thinking...dangerous, I know. Anyway, this topic popped into my mind, "New Year's Resolutions". I haven't been one to make many of these, because of the failure rate of these things. However, I have made a few...and kept them... like reading my Bible through in a year. This year, however, I am thinking in a different direction...I am thinking that it's alright to make New Year's Resolutions...and break them; so this year I am only making one...TO BECOME THE WOMAN GOD WANTS ME TO BE. Will I fail...of course, but that's o.k. Because I can start again...and again...and again...I don't have to wait until next year to begin again, I can begin again anytime...This is something that I can do for a lifetime...not just for a year... but I am going to start...NOW! And I probably will have to restart many times, but that's o.k....AS LONG AS I RESTART...This is a tall order, but I am tired of just being...I want to be what He wants...this is a lifetime comittment...I'm ready to become the woman God wants me to be. Are you ready to become the person God wants you to be?