Friendships that Always Last

Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

I'm old enough to know how time can cause you to lose touch with old friends. I remember when my high school graduation came around so many wise adults told us that these memories will be nice but the ones to come make these pale in comparison. That is a true statement, according to my memories. I hear the hypothetical question asked, 'would you go back to such and such age in your life?' Why would you want to? Time waits for no one and time is truly one thing you can't get back.

As I realized one of my closest and dearest friends from my past is expecting a baby, like in the next 2 months I was so shocked. Where have I been? How did I miss the fact that she is pregnant!?! It hurt for a moment and then I remembered that I was suppose to go visit her last fall about the time the 'bottom fell out' of my personal life. It doesn't excuse the fact that I never really kept in contact with her b/c she had a personal tragedy in her life too. I had to take a step back and realize life is NOTHING about me and EVERYTHING to do with others.

Friends come and go in our lives but if the lasting friendships we've made over the years are rooted in God's love then the relationship makes it through the waxing and waning moments we call life. "A friend loves at all times...." Proverbs 17:17