I have a three year old granddaughter who is really the apple of my eye. Blue eyes, blond hair and smile that melts your heart! She is bubbly, cheerful, runs up to me to give me a kiss and hug the minute I walk into the door. She is usually always happy, happy, happy! She entertains herself, dances around and is just a joy to watch.
She came home the last day of preschool this year with a shirt on that had hand prints of all her cute little school friends on it. As you can see from her sweet smile, she was delighted to be wearing this new creation, AND, she could tell you all the names of her classmates and friends. Next year, she won't attend school as often and will have a new class and new friends. For one so little, this was just a season for her for most or all of these friends. She may never see them again or may have a few in her classes the next few years of school. But for the most part, friends in her life will come and go for the next few years.
I've thought about friends in the past. Friends I've had long ago. Friends I miss very much. Friends I talk to only a couple times a year but seem to never feel as if we were ever apart. Friends that I've let go because the season has passed, life has happened or God brought them in my life for a period of time for whatever reason and that time is over.
But true friends last forever. Even if you only speak a few times per year. True friends are those you trust. Those you count on. Those you can pick up with wherever you left off. Those you spend time with and the time flys and you don't want it to end. Those who cry with you, cry for you, laugh with you and when they laugh at you - you are laughing along with them. Friends always are honest with you and you never mind it because you know they love you - even if it stings a little. You love them for it because they love you enough to dare to risk everything to be your friend and be truthful. I can go on and on, but I think you get the picture. I've had many friends through the years. They have come and gone and many more have stayed.
But my best friend is always faithful, truthful, kind, generous, thoughtful, loving, forgiving, encouraging and is always, always by my side. I can call him day or night and he's there for me. In my tears he comforts me and in my joys, he's rejoicing with me. In my frustration, he's calming me and in my anxiousness he's slowing my pace. He's the song in my heart and the joy of my day. And I can't wait to visit with him every day.
Do you have a best friend like me? I'm so thankful He chose me?
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