That's what friends are for!

To be honest, I don't even know why I titled this post what I did. If you didn't know/remember, the title is also the name of a song; a song that was played at my grandfather's funeral and as sad as I get when I hear the song, I think of how many people always told me he was a true friend and would do anything for anyone, and man I aspire to be that kind of friend to someone else. Anyways...I've always been one that considers my friends to be my family and although I've always considered them a high priority in my life, it wasn't until recently when I realized how truly blessed I am to have such wonderful friends. I recently had the privelege of spending some quality time (which we don't get a lot of) with some amazing, passionate, and Godly friends and what good that does to my soul. Recently I have felt that God has kind of pulled my close friends away from me (I think he's really trying to get me to figure out who I am, be comfortable with that, and most important, fully rely on him instead of others). As much as I KNOW I need to rely fully on him, sometimes it's hard and I'm working on it but I did recently get to spend some time with some great friends and we even made a video of us acting silly (if you haven't seen it, it's on my facebook page and it's hilarious...or so I think so) :) Some people thought it was stupid and some thought it was hilarious but to me...it doesn't matter if no one else thought it was funny. That night myself, my friend Brooke, and our soon to be mommy friend, Kat laughed until we cried, pretty much all night. Believe it or not I can get a little crazy (I know, I know...it's hard to believe), but I haven't really been crazy/silly like that in a LONG time and it was medicine for my soul and I don't know how many times I've thanked God for awesome friends like that recently (not just Brooke and Kat but sooo many others) and thought "I wish I laughed like that more often and that we could hang out more often," but then again...times like those make me cherish even more the random times we do get to hang out, laugh, cry, and act crazy! After leaving that night I thought, "wow...that did my soul good...I really needed that," and yet, I don't know how many times Brooke and Kat have both told me how much THEY needed that! Isn't that what friends are for?! Thank you Lord for truly blessing me with awesome friends that I can act crazy with and they still love me!