Forever Friends

Some days allow us to reflect on things more than others and today I reflected on Friends. All those people who I call  "Friend" or those who call me "Friend".

God has blessed me with a wonderful godly heritage-parents who are both saved and serving God in their local church. My mama is best very best friend!

 I am married to a wonderful man who loves the Lord and me and takes care of our family. I have 2 children that are saved and almost out of the house. And then, God has blessed me throughout the years to have many wonderful friendships. Some have endured through the years and we can pick up where we left off each time we get together. Others may have entered my life for a short time and our paths have not had the blessing of crossing again. I have friends that are far away in distance and friends that I am able to see each week. God knows who encourages and helps and lift up and I pray that I am able to do that for them as well.

It is wonderful to be able to pray for them. Rejoice together in happy times and cry with them in the sad times.

Friendships are something to never take for granted. Experiencing them one day at a time and striving to keep them alive and growing. 

 Proverbs 27:17:

   Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

R.W. Emerson said~The only way to have a friend is to be one.

R.L. Stevenson said~A friend is a present you give yourself. I love that saying!

Here are just a few pictures of just a few of my friends-those who aren't included in pictures please know that I love you just as much and wish that I had pictures of all of us! (hint hint-you all know I love to take pictures!!)

Friends that went to school together and reconnected years later-I am so thankful for their encouragement and sweet words!

Here is one of my adopted "sisters"

These are a couple of my long distance friends-we all had our babies at the same time!

These are 2 of my oldest friends in the sense that we have been friends since we were all 5! I am so thankful for their faithfulness in our friendship over the years!

Another of my adopted "sisters"

Friends met through Evangel!

Friendships made through my kids school! 

I share my birth month with Hil & Liz!

The best part of friendship is that we are Forever Friends because we are friends here on earth but since we are saved we will be friends in heaven as well and that will be forever!!

~One who finds a friends finds a treasure~ I have found many-thank you!