"Friends are family you choose for yourself."
- Author Unknown
Bad Company corrupts good character.
- 1st Corinthians 15:33
As iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.
- Proverbs 27:17
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I went to evening service at church today (well technically yesterday because today is now sunday and I went saturday night). Anyways, haha, the message latched onto me. Have you ever been to a church service and felt that the pastor's sermon was directed to YOU? Well, God was definitely speaking to me through the pastor last night. His sermon was about friends and the people that you choose to travel with you to your "tahiti". Tahiti is just a metaphor for... your future dream career, your kids' future (if you have any), the place you want your marriage to be-- basically, anywhere that YOU WANT to see yourself. And of course these people that are going to be traveling with your are going to be your FRIENDS.
Ahh... friends... I LOVE MY FRIENDS just as much as a I love my family. I feel that my friends have more of an influence on who I am today more so than my parents. Yeah, my parents raised me but my friends helped to mold who I am. If I consider you one of my CLOSE friends I'm going to give you my all. I'm going to be there for you, listen to you, encourage you and support your decisions. The pastor said something that really cleared a road block for me... he said, "be friendly but you don't have to let everybody into your inner circle". That's been a problem for me for a while. I'm quick to become friends with someone and if we fade away I really take it to heart. It's also hard for me to cut off friendships.
I forgot where I was going at with all this... it's 4:00 AM and I am tired. lol. Basically, the message last night really helped me. I have a vision of where I want to be at within a year-- with that said, I have some weeds to pull. Goodnight.
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This post really spoke to me. 2008 was the year of finding out who my real friends were. I know how hard it is to end friendship because I had to end a lot this year. I finally said to myself... okay I dont know why I am friends with this person so I need to evaluate if they are important enough to keep in my inner circle. BUT DANG it is hard! Usually because the other person doesn't understand. I'm glad I found you though Esther! My cicrle of friends had become more of a half circle lol...and you have quickly become one of my good friends, but I think thats how it happens sometimes. You find someone you immediately click with. Lets hope we make it to our tahiti's together! :)
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