Although online
relationships can be satisfying and a great source of support in our day to day
lives, I also want to encourage you to build meaningful, face-to-face,
God-honoring friendships ~Dawn Camp, My Home Sweet Home
It’s a funny thing because I have met some of my favorite
people via the blog world. I “met” them
in the blog world, I have seen their lives change and have seen them grow, I’ve
prayed for them.
I have friends that I’ve seen their kids grow up over
facebook. I feel like I know their kids,
because I’ve prayed for them, and I’ve seen them grow up.
But there is nothing that compares to actually knowing my
friends, the ones I talk to, the ones that we go through tough times together,
the ones we work things out with, we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, their kids have
sat on my lap or held my hand. We’ve
learned to forgive, we’ve learned to love, we’ve even loved each other at our ugliest times, and we’ve
seen celebrated at our greatest times. 
Our
kids (no matter the age difference) really really love each other.
I was speaking with my friend Amanda last night and I was
thinking about how thankful I am for our friendship. We see the fruit in each others lives (well she
also sees the ugliness in my mine). I
mean we both know that she is the nicer of the two of us, but neither one of us
really likes surface relationships, we’d take the bad with the good, if it
means we are real. We call each other
when we need prayer or guidance. (My
phone goes off EVERY day at 6am so that a day doesn’t go by that I don’t pray
for her – it all started when she started an early morning bible study- and I
just didn’t stop). I am thankful for
her. I cannot speak for her, but I can
tell you whether it’s 5 minutes in passing at church or hours spent together, I
really enjoy our time together.
Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing people on facebook, I like
keeping up with what’s going on in their lives, or a prayer request (even when
they don’t actually ask), I love social media, and blogs, but there is nothing
like the tried and true friendships in my life.
And I am thankful that we are more than just friends, we are
family.
Proverbs 17:17 (msg) Friends love through
all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
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