We Are Friends Like Friends Should Be

In the recent months, I have made some new incredible friends. Not only are they my friends, but also my accountability partners, brothers and sisters in Christ, and my partners in crime. I have grown so much, spiritually, in the last few months thanks to this group. They are my Bible Study Buddies as Tyler refers to them.

These are the kind of people we should all be aiming to surround ourselves with. They just amazing Christian people that want to be loved like everyone else. We are all in different areas of our walk with God, but it is so amazing because the "baby Christians" are asking those of us who have been in our walks for awhile advice. And I know personally I feel energized watching them get excited about the Bible, Jesus, and God, I think its the same for the others as well.

"No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him." - Harry Emerson Fosdick

I recently have been struggling with the fact that most of the people who I have been calling my friends, may not really be my friends, or as good of a friend as I thought. It seems they only come around when it is convenient for them. I'm sorry, but I need people in my life who want to be apart of it ALL the time not just PART of the time. Don't get me wrong, I will always be there for those people because that's just my nature. It's next to impossible for me to give someone a total cold shoulder, but  need people who long to be apart of my life as much as I long to be apart of their's. I am amazed with how close I have become with these people in such a short amount of time. I honestly feel closer to them then I have with any other friends.

I was really worried about how Tyler would perceive my new friends once he finally met them. So when he came down to visit me, we hung out with a small group of them. He told me they were really awesome and fun. It's so warming to hear him tell me that because I honestly have never heard him say that to me about my friends. I think he could tell that I finally have some genuine friends. If I need a hand to hold, they are dropping everything to be that hand. In the past, I always felt like I was doing all the work. These relationships are definitely 50/50. I am so thankful these guys walked into my life when they did because I was about to be a lonely girl without my boyfriend. :)