There is a challenge going round facebook; you list something every day this month for which you are thankful. I did that last year and upon reflection I find that my list is much the same. I’m thankful for my children, my little house, a dependable vehicle, plenty to eat and a new found health and vigor. I decided not to participate in the challenge this year but instead challenged myself to pick one friend at random each day and tell them why I am thankful for them.
The Good, the Bad and the TRUE
It is easy to be a friend during the good times. Fair weather friends come and go but it is the friend that sticks to you like poop on your shoe during the bad times that is worth more than their weight in gold. These are the ones that make you smile, laugh, remember your blessings and help you soldier on when you want to call it quits. When I looked at my list of friends I found that I am more than abundantly blessed with solid gold people.
This self imposed challenge has been an eye opener for me as well. When I am waxing poetic about my special friend of the day I pause and reflect. Would they say the same about me? Do I strive to be that someone special? Am I a friend of worth?
I’ve been at this challenge for a few days now and I find that I am thinking about the next day’s status when I crawl into bed at night. Who will it be? Once I have made my choice I make sure to also say a prayer for that person as I am wording my blurb in my mind. I finish my last waking moment with a simple request. Lord, help me to be a true friend to this person that is so valued by me.
You are SPECIAL!
If you are reading this blog you are special to me. We share a bond, a connection, a friendship. May you find yourself blessed beyond measure today.
John 15:12-15 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
4 comments:
As always, beautifully written and straight from the heart! I value you, friend!
I'd like to answer the question you have been pondering. The answer is: YES. You are a true and special friend. Just the fact that you make the concious effort every day to BE that kind of person already says that you have accomplished your goal. I'm sure those reading your posts, blogs, letters, etc. can attest to that. I know that more than once you've brightened my day either with something silly or something inspiring. There are only a few friends that I take the time to read each and every comment, post, blog, etc. And you are one of them.
Thank you for praying for your friends. It's those kind of little gestures that make you the wonderful, motivated friend/mother/runner that you are!!!
J, I adore you and your kids and your mother as well. I consider you guys as part of my family. Thank you for always being there for me. I have never forgotten any of the kindness you have shown me and I value you so much! Thank you for being a great friend.
I feel blessed by your presence whenever I am in it!! May God continue to bless you and those you love and use you in mighty ways!!
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