"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart,
and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
Reading the quote above just made me simply shake my head as if to say, "How true". And the most recent events in my life are a testament to how good and faithful God is, even when we don't deserve it.
A few months back, there was a falling between my bestfriend and myself. It was not because of any misunderstanding or because he found new friends to hang out with. It was because he entered into a relationship. *awww* Hence, the regular meetings were then replaced with the normal text messages that spoke of dinner outs with the girl's family and the typical monthsary celebrations he had planned for them. Although I did understand his situation, that never changed how sad I was to "lose a friend" to a relationship. And it really is true when you do focus yourself on a romantic relationship, the rest of your life will have to take a back seat. After all, this is your potential spouse you're talking about. So anyway, I was there befuddled about what to do and wondering if I could still find such a good friend.
Guess what? You know Psalm 37:4? It really is true. "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." At that time, I couldn't foresee any of His plans to bless me with such good and sincere friends. All I wanted to do was to serve Him through my different ministries and now He has given me godly people to surround me with. They're not perfect, but they're a work in progress and that's what I love about them. :) You see through their lives and their stories that God is constantly working in their lives to mold them for His glory. One of my music ministry friends talked about having a burden to reach out through mission trips to share the gospel to other people while another speaks about God's faithfulness and love each and every time of prayer.
And just now, I've had the privilege of meeting several new people who have been such great blessings in my life. There's this one particular person who I have had the joy of getting to know. And when I think of how good she has been to me, even if I absolutely don't deserve it, I just can't help but remember how gracious our God is. I am speechless and I just can't think of words of how and why God has blessed me with such an awesome and sincere friend. To be given an opportunity to get to know someone who is as wonderful as her is certainly one of the primal joys that one can ever experience. I, for one, have reached that point that all I could do was smile and thank God in my heart for His wonderful blessings. I honestly had no other words for that one moment when both of us were talking in YM---just the gratefulness in my heart and the absolute joy that came with it. I couldn't help but say to her, "believe me you are more than what you think you are. as in blessing ka sobra. when I remember you, I remember how good God is."
"So blessed, I can't contain it. So much I gotta give it away."
The quotation at the beginning of this entry is so true for me. Yet I am compelled to write my own version of it. Call it cheesy, but it comes from the heart.
"A friend is someone who knows how to dance to the beat of your heart, and can keep you in rhythm when you've missed a step or two."
There are times that we sometimes forget that our lives are supposed to be glorious and abundant. (John 10:10) There will be times when we fall down our saddles and it may seem that it would be such a daunting task to get up and try again. Friends come in and out of our lives as easily as the seasons change but there are those people--those anointed souls--who simply just light up our lives like anything we've ever imagined. Because of their innate goodness and outspoken beauty, the truth of a good and faithful God is all the more revealed. Romans 1:20 becomes all the more real when I meet friends like her. When you realize the people around you are blessings, you will be without excuse and in my case, I can only come to God in all humility and gratefulness.
You know who you are. Thank you for reminding me of what a good God we have. :)
