Just hung up the phone from spending the evening with an old friend from Minnesota. Her family and ours have known each other for around a dozen years.
The first time I met her was Riley's first day of First grade. She was his aide in the building. I have to tell you at first we just couldn't believe she was for real. This woman genuinely loved her job. She genuinely cared about our child. And was so enthusiastic about making sure that we as his parents were kept up on everything that happened in his day. Good or bad.
We had some good teachers and aides during the years Riley was in Preschool and Kindergarten. We just had not had the experience of someone who took their job to heart so much. She also blew us away by how honest and God fearing she was. Riley sure blossomed under her care.
Over time we met the rest of her family and a wonderful friendship grew. Our husbands got along great, her boys loved Riley and she and I just melded into the kind of relationship where we could be ourselves and never have to worry about what that meant. Our families have been though a lot together. Not sure what we would have done without them during a dark period of in our life.
Even after Rodney and I moved from Minnesota and went back into the ministry, the relationship stayed strong. God has been so good by getting us together.
As good a friend as Anne is to me and I to her, she and I both know who our best friend in this world is. Of course that is God.....
Lamentations 3:22
Common English Bible (CEB)
2 Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended;[a] certainly God’s compassion isn’t through!
We can go through dark times with Him, we can go through good times with Him and His love remains the same. Isn't it refreshing to have a wonderful friend like that?
My hope for you is that you do!!
Blessings!!!
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