In the end what everyone discovers is that what matters is other people.
Human beings who give themselves to relational greatness- who have friends they laugh with, cry with, learn with, fight with, dance with, live and love and grow old and die with.
They are the people who lead magnificent lives.
J. Ortberg
I have been listening to Sara Groves song, Twice as Good that she wrote for her friends. She said that while she was in Uganda ( I think ) someone told her a saying they have is that you need to have 4 good friends. It takes 4 people to carry you on a stretcher if you are sick or hurt, if you don't have 4 good friends you don't have an ambulance! That inspired her to write this song about and for her 4 good friends.
That song and her story behind it inspired me to truly look at the kind of friend I am. I know my last post was about relationships too, and as I was writing this I realized something. I used to love hearing friendship stories, watching movies about friends and listening to songs about best friends. I used to love that stuff so much because I longed for those relationships so deeply. Now, as I write about them, hear about them, see them, I do not wish I had those sort of people in my life. Instead, I call one, send a text or write in a card, thanking them for their friendship and telling them how wonderful they are. God has blessed me greatly in this area of my life.
I used to love this stuff because I wanted it so badly, now I love this sort of stuff because I am so thankful that I do. "Raise a glass to friendship and knowing you don't have to go alone..." S.G.
So, that's what's on my heart right now, friends who become family, relationships that are more important than life itself. Having people to "laugh with, cry with, learn with, fight with, dance with, live and love and grow old and die with."
