Tonight I received what seems right now to be one of the greatest blessings! My dear friends- Jessica, Liz, Kelly, & Robin- made a trip to Henderson to visit me. I leave for Ecuador in 4 days & this is a week when I could not come to them. They brought joy & love into our house. They brought fresh perspective & encouragement!
Their being here allowed me to see my mom in a new way. It allowed her to be apart of some exciting events in their lives & thus to truly share in mine. It allowed her to share her heart & her legacy of being a seminary wife & a godly mother. She offered wedding planning resources & wisdom on biblical womanhood.
Sunday School this week is about everything we have belonging to God. We are stewards of what He entrusts us with. The friendship I hold with these dear girls belongs to God. Tonight they were diligent and faithful stewards of that friendship. Cultivating Christ-centered relationships. Living as one like-minded body.
Just when I thought my heart could not be any more full, I opened up a small package delivered by the girls, sent from a friend's parents. This precious friend is one of my best friends from college who is making much of Christ by teaching overseas. Inside the package was a stack of cards. The card on the top of the stack said "Open before you leave." I figure that applied to tonight :) Inside was a letter explaining that these cards were to open any day in Ecuador that I would like some encouragement and a word of prayer. My eyes flooded with tears.
When my heart was already overwhelmed with the gift of friendship, our gracious, generous Lord blessed me with this small package that is worth a million! It has been a night full of the loving friendships that I share with my mom, my sweet friends from this chapter of life, and an incredible friend & her family both from the previous chapter & the present one- ALL of them pressing me on towards unconditional obedience to Christ.
Tonight was truly a gift from the Lord.
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