i'm trying

Blogging is time consuming. It's rare that I get the chance to sit down and write out my thoughts/feelings. I say that to say, I'm trying. I know I skipped yesterday but every other day is a HUGE improvement from this past year. Today, I am thankful for friendship. I don't mean acquaintances or people you enjoy spending time with. I'm talking about the kind of friendships where you can call them up, or run into them, any day of the week and just share life's ups and downs with. The kind of friendships where it doesn't matter how often you talk or see each other, you know those people will be there for you no matter what you need. I'm thankful for the friends that really, truly understand me deep in my core.

Now, all of this might sound cheesy or cliche, but these friendships have meant so much to me over the past few years and I am so grateful that God has put them in my life.

For example, a couple weeks ago, a dear friend of mine called me up out of the blue and we talked for almost two hours about life. We hadn't really talked in months but the conversation felt like we had never left each other's side. We shared about what the Lord is doing in our lives and what we're struggling with. We shared things that were on our heart that we hadn't even realized. Those are the kind of friendships that I am thankful for.

I truly treasure those friendships and I hope and pray that my friends know how much they mean to me and how much I sincerely appreciate them. God works so much through those relationships in my life and I would be so lost without them.

To my friends reading this, THANK YOU. Thank you for loving me and being there no matter what is going on. Thank you for the joy you bring me. You are loved more than I can say.

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Phillipians 1:3-4