Friends

There is a lot going on in my life these days. Our church is searching for a new youth pastor, school is starting and I am soon going to be running around like crazy from my high school classes to college classes. I also am on a mission to get my license before the end of this year. I am 18. I should have had one two years ago. With all this going on in my life I do not know what I would do without my friends and family. I am going to talk about my friends right now. Through the stress that high school has thrown on me the past few years, God has given me awesome friends to help me through. I honestly have no idea what I would do without my friends. I can talk to them about almost anything and they are usually good listeners. I do my best to return the favor to them. My friends came from all sorts of places, but my closest friends have come from church and school. When I look back in the Bible it is obvious that friendship is an extremely important aspect of life. People like David and Paul were strongly impacted by their friends. This past weekend I was reminded about how great my friends really are. The memories that are made, the conversations, and the inside jokes that form are awesome and irreplaceable. Yes, they may disappoint or hurt me at times--and I know I disappoint and hurt them at times--but that usually doesn't get in the way. The best thing about true friends is that they are not afraid to be honest about what they think and are not afraid to be genuine--to be themselves around their friends. The biggest thing I learned this past weekend is that I would not trade my friends for anything in the world. I love them a lot!