How wonderful it is to have friends! Two years ago we moved from the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. suburbs to semi-rural Lynchburg, Virginia. We left the familiar faces and familiar places to go 200 miles away to make new friends and discover new places. God has blessed us through this process and has brought wonderful people into our lives. We love living in Lynchburg. But we still miss our Northern Virginia friends.
Around Christmas, we received a phone call from some friends there in Northern Virginia. They invited us to a New Year's celebration. It was so great to see them again after almost a year for one of the couples, almost two years for another couple, and more than two years for the rest of the people who came to the party.
We don't deserve the blessings God gives to us. And many of us think of things like the beauty of nature, health, and our spouses. But the dear friends that God brings into our lives who love us, mentor us, motivate us, and rejoice and cry with us are one of the amazing graces of our wonderful God.
This year I'm going to work on being a good friend. In spite of my deficiencies in that area, God has blessed me beyond belief with wonderful friends.
Oh, yeah ... Happy New Year!
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