I LOVE EASTER! Ok, I love pretty much any holiday where I get to eat way too much food and hang out with my family. Today was special though.
My childhood friend (we've been friends since kindergarten) came back to church today after more than two years away. She came and rededicated her life to God at the altar and I got to be there to pray with her. I am not sure which one of us cried more, her or me. It's totally against protocol to get all emotional at the altar, but it really was a cleansing moment for both of us.
I'm going to come clean. Almost 3 years ago something happened in our friendship. I am not going to talk about what it was because it is under the Blood of Jesus now and if God doesn't remember then I shouldn't either. I will say that in the natural I had a valid reason to be upset and I did forgive her with my mind and my mouth. I don't think my heart was really in it though because I really didn't care if she came back to church or not. I know that doesn't sound very Christian of me, but if there are people in this world that haven't figured out that I am not a perfect christian yet, well, there is no time like the present!
I am not perfect and there are things in me that God is certainly still working out! LOL
It took my two friends Lisa and Melissa working on her for me to realize that I needed to get over myself and start caring about her too. They've only known her a few years, I've known her my whole life practically, and if they care enough to keep on her then I should too.
So I text her on Friday and asked her if she was going to come to church. I love texting because you can talk to people you may not necessarily want to talk to. (Again, if there was anyone with any delusions about my perfectness... hopefully I have just destroyed them!) She said she would come. I kind of didn't believe her because she said she was coming at Christmas and then didn't show. Praise God that He got her there!
It was beautiful! I couldn't have asked for a better Resurrection Sunday Gift: the Resurrection of a Friendship
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