I just spent a 3-1/2 hour lunch with two of my best friends who, though they may not know it, are a powerful force in my life.
The time flies when we are together. We pray and eat and talk, talk, talk! We talk about how good the Lord is. We give testimony and witness to each other. Sometimes we need to vent a little, but there is always one in the group who can help us re-focus and turn that "mourning" into dancing.
We lift up the Lord and each other, in the process! Even a small compliment is a big thing from these women, because I R-E-S=E-C-T them so much. I learn from them and when I leave their company, I am ready to do battle in the world, again...refortified in God's word through my good friends, my sisters in Christ.
Sometimes I wonder why I am tolerated among these godly women. I am always in awe that someone wants to spend time with me or even cares to get to know me better. Today they told me: I make them laugh! Well, that is certainly a "special" niche, isn't it? It's not my wisdom? No wise counsel here! It's not my biblical knowledge radiating all over the place? (Don't ask.) No, I make them laugh... and that is something.
I'll take it. Thank you, ladies! I guess just being myself is fine with my good friends and I wouldn't have it any other way.
