Its easy for me to get caught up in the word "best friend"...

When I was younger I told my mom that everyone was my best friend - I just thought everyone deserved to have one. As I got older things changed the kids that I thought were my best friends would always tease me...I'm not complaining though - it had to happen for a reason. But it still effects me today in a lot of ways. I always worry about pleasing my friends - my best friends. I find it easy to get down on myself over little things that I may be doing wrong. Right now I'm at a spot where the people I am the closest to already have their own best friend. It bothered me for a really long time because I felt unwanted. Even though that is totally untrue (I know you guys love me and I love you to DEATH) I still questioned why God was doing this. I knew it was for a reason though.

So I was sitting in my bath tub the other night and God just spoke to me (lol funny how that happens sometimes). He just simply told me that the best friend I was looking for was Him. No one else could fill that place. I realized that he wasn't so far away after all. I know as Christians we say a lot that Jesus is our best friend, but sometimes I don't think we live that way. I know I don't all the time. We don't talk to him like he's our best friend and we find it easier to brush him aside than to quiet down the rest of the world to let Him speak to us. It's easy to get caught up in calling God our best friend without taking the time to realize what the truly means. I have the most amazing friends here on earth (and I love you Andrea and Lisa!!!!!!!!!!!) but there is only one Father in Heaven who I can honestly say is the best friend I will ever have.

 Seek good and not evil, and live! You talk about GOD, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies being your best friend. Well, live like it, and maybe it will happen.

- Amos 5:14 (The Message)

+ML+

 http://kevan.org/johari?name=Mary+Lauren - please do this for me! thanks!