Blessed beyond belief..

Last week I had the incredible opportunity to visit some friends in Bellingham Washington. 

And let me to you, they blessed my socks off! I can say without a doubt, that it was one of the best weeks that I have ever had! I am so profoundly thankful for these friends that God has brought into my life! I cant express how much each and every one of them mean to me. I have only known them for a short while, but already I consider them my closest friends. 

(From left to right; Adam, Brenna, Micah, Cassidy, Tyler, Me)

There was a time, when several of the friendships that I had thought would last a lifetime had come to an abrupt stop, and there were other friendship that were slowly fading away......I was crushed to be loosing the people I had cared so much about. I struggles for a long time to understand why I hadn't yet, after 17 years of my life, found any true friends (outside of my family) 

I decided after a while that maybe my "need" for friendship was far to strong. And that I was idolizing the relationships in my life. So I started to pray for God to take the discontent I felt, and to do whatever He wanted with the relationships in my life. 

At first I continued to feel distant from many of the people I knew and cared about.

 And I cried a lot! 

But then, one day....God brought these awesome people into my life! 

I really like these quotes by C.S Lewis - 

“Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a good fire?” 

and 

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”

I pray that God will continue to grow my friendships with these amazing people, and that they will be life long friendships, glorifying and uplifting to Him in every way! 

Thank you Brenna, Micah, Tyler, Cassidy, and Adam for a great week! And thank you also for your encouragement and friendship! I miss you guys already! And I love ya'll! :)

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P.s. this is something a friend said to me today....I think he says it perfectly;  "True relationships that encourage you, strengthen you, challenge you and inspire you to greater things, especially in your walk with the Lord are a real treasure. It can be easy to become distracted by many casual relationships (especially for a relational person) so sometimes it really does turn out best when you can focus on just a few that the Lord has placed in your path for a time and a purpose."