A thought for you – refreshing

Have you ever known someone who really touched your heart in a deep way?
I have on a few occasions and it really is a life changing experience.
You begin to listen to their words, you begin to perhaps follow them as they go about their life.
They impacted you on some level. You desire more time to listen and learn from them.
I can count on one hand the few people who have made such a deep impact on my life.
Those who I can think of, were special. Worth remembering. Were authentic and very real.
The bible shows the word friend, 263 times so it seems rather significant to me that it is such a powerful word.
It is those kinds of people who challenge us to think about relationships.
I am not one who has a lot of deep friendships.
Don’t get me wrong there are a lot of people who are good ‘friends’.
Only those who ‘really fit into the’ special group, of ‘intimate friends’ are few.
Jesus when he was here training the disciples only had two or three who were ‘his special friends’.
We cannot cultivate and grow a good relationship when it is too large of a process for us.
My best friend lives about three hours from me, but what I find so special no matter how long it’s been since we see each other we always pick right up as if no time has ever passed.
She knows my heart and I know hers.
It is a good thing. It is comforting and very valued.
She is fighting for her life right now, with a serious illness and even though she looks very good physically, internally her body is fighting to stay here.
I am praying intensely for her journey, because I want her here with her family and me.
I challenge you to reach out to those who are in your address book or on your phone.
Is there someone you want to spend more time with, it takes effort to make it work.
A thought for you is to create and carve out some time for your ‘friend and you.’
It is a gift we can give each other. Our time.
For someday it might be gone and the opportunity will be over and really there is nothing more important.
A few verses for you to think on the subject.
[Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.] Proverbs 17:17
[God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.] Psalm 25:14
[Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family] Proverbs 18:24
Most of all remember this:
[Reliable friends who do what they say are like cool drinks in sweltering heat—refreshing!] Proverbs 25:13