Sometimes you just need to talk.

Sometimes we go through rough patches in our lives where we feel like no one listens and no one cares.  All it takes in one of these moments is for one person to say something kind to let you know that they do care to totally transform your mood. 

For about 4 1/2 to 5 years  I've been a stay at home mom.  This was a very hard thing for me to get accustomed to, and I still haven't quite got it down.  Some days I start feeling like I am not productive.  Then I have to talk myself down off the pity party ledge before I jump head-first into a cry me a river.  Anyway, I tell you that so tell you this...besides my husband and family I really don't get a whole lot of grown up interaction.  I find myself saying familiar three year old words in a grown up conversation.  That's disturbing.  Recently in the Disciples Prayer Life study we were asked to pick a prayer partner to pray with on a regular basis.  So I approached a gal at church and asked her if she would mind me calling her and praying on the phone with her.  (Well not in those exact words, but you know).  I was more than thrilled when she accepted.  That conversation has done more for me than she can even know.

We pray together (not every morning but I want to do that...consistency is not my strong suit) at 5:30 am and talk about things that are bothering us, or things that we would just like to talk about.  It is soooooo refreshing to have someone else tell me that I am not the only one that feels a certain way about things.  Once again I am thankful for God's guidance in helping me fill a need that I had in my life.

If any of you feel the same and would like someone to talk to, get a gripe off your chest or just hear each other breathe (:D )... just let me know. 

Thank you for reading.  And Nikki if you read this, thank you too. :)

God Bless Friends

I have been blessed to share parts of other people’s lives with them, sometimes for months, sometimes for years.  Many people have said they were my friends, but few I actually would call friends.  There are a few who will always be in my heart and have been a very influential part of my life.

My teenage friend, was my soul sister.  This young lady taught me things about life that I had never thought of learning.  She was my voice of reason and my angel.  Unlike some smarter than I in the Bible, I ignored my angel and she went away.  I followed the wide path, and she the more narrow.  I miss her terribly and wish if I could change one part of my teenage years, it would be that I would have told her how much I loved her. 

I have had many “friends” since her, but none that can compare.  None that truly cared for me just for me.  Not for what I could give them or do for them, just for me.  I thank God for the small window of time I got to have her in my life and want to say (if she reads this), that I am sorry I didn’t listen.

Now some friends you share time and space with and some you simply share time with.  Another friend is a man that I will most likely never physically meet.  Through “social networking” we met.  Completely different backgrounds, completely different people.  I just feel a kinship with him.  Like the awesome brother or uncle or…I don’t know just awesome.  He has a beautiful wife and a beautiful family and his words of kindness have brightened many of my days.  He is wise and a devoted father and husband.  I know we are destined to be friends a long time for no other reason then that his wife and I share the same favorite movie.

God places people in your life for a reason.  There is nothing in your world that is coincidence.  Take note of your surroundings, be thankful for the people in your life. 

God bless you both.