Friends

Lately, I've been realizing how many wonderful people God has placed in my life. New friends, old friends, family friends, work friends, church friends. It would never be possible to be as close to all these people if it were not for God. Time, distance, and life often separate us. All of them are a blessing. All teach me lessons that are straight from God. Lessons of grace and love and connection and sharing the love of the One that makes them possible. Lessons of patience and love that are only possible because of the patience and kindness and gentleness that God makes possible because those are not "fruits" that I possess as a child of Adam. I am blessed.