ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP

I did something yesterday that was completely out of character for me. I opened up to a complete stranger (live and in person) and cracked the door for a new friendship. Completely out of character for me, especially live and in the flesh. It was almost like someone else was sitting there and talking for me. I tend to be a very guarded person. Bloggy stuff is easier because I don't see you. You can't hurt me and I can't hurt you. Now there have been a few bloggies get by. Keri is one of them. I have never laid eyes on Keri and she has never laid eyes on me. Yet, we have established a friendship. We email, we facebook, we blog. I look forward to the day (which is coming soon I hope) when we can hug each other's necks in the flesh. When what I am sure will be an ugly cry will come upon me just from the sheer joy of seeing my friend in flesh and blood.
In my inner circle (immediate family excluded), I have Casey. Casey who I have known for nearly a decade. Casey who has seen me at my worst and who has seen glimpses of my best. Casey, who endured our strained friendship when we went our separate ways for a season. Casey who accepts my apologies when I realize I have been insensitive and who laughs with me at my silliness.
God ordained friendships, which I believe both these to be, are a sweet and precious thing. Some friendships are ordained only for a season. I have seen those come and go, as recent as this year. Some are ordained for a lifetime. There is only one that is God ordained for eternity.

"Let your heart not be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."

John 14:1-3 NKJV