Friendships

About 6 weeks ago, Karen (one of my three Spiritual Moms at church) gave me a word from the Lord. At the time I thought it was "cool", but like a lot of things in the Spiritual World, God only gives us snippits that we can handle at the time. I am so very thankful that God does that. I tend to think that if everything would be on my time table, then I would just mess it all up! (It's that whole "human" thing, nabbit!)

So today I got another "snippit" of it while I was eating lunch with a friend from church. I don't always do lunch with someone from church, as most people have families to be with, but my friend asked me to lunch and I went.

We spent two hours sitting and chatting. Well, we ate too, but honestly, we talked more than anything. My friend, "Grandma" to many in my church, opened up to me and shared things that only true friends share with one another. She trusted me with her thoughts, feelings, and her heart. For that, I feel both honored and blessed. And it's not because she's this "at arm's length" kind of gal, she's actually quite the opposite, very loving and kind to those around her. But I feel blessed because as she shared her ENTIRE life story, I could tell she doesn't share that stuff with just anyone.

And lately I have found that many people have been trusting me with their hearts, seeing me as a "safe" person. I think God does things so carefully and in his timing that He knew when I would be ready for the depth of conversations that I've had lately with people. I imagine if this had happened one or even two years ago, I wouldn't have been able to be as responsible as I am today. Does that mean I'm perfect...nowayjose! But, I find that when people open up and talk with me about "real" stuff, I am ALWAYS honored that God put me there at that moment in time for the person, and in turn I get blessed in return.

Isn't God cool like that?

Deep friendships are a gift...one that I don't take for granted.

And today was a great day, and "Grandma" was the highlight of my day.

Go figure.

Later!