Old Friends are the Best Friends

Tonight, A bunch of my old friends from high school and I went out to celebrate Josh Bier's birthday.. I'll tell you what... I can't remember the last time I had so much fun.. It is not even like we did anything super special.. It was just very good to be able to reconnect with people that I spent a lot of the years of my life with. Throughout the night, many different memories came to mind.. Memories from all over the place. 1st grade, 7th grade, 8th grade and all throughout high school. It all started just standing out in the parking lot and watching everyone walk through the parking lot.. To be honest, it kind of felt like another life because, over the last two years of school, I haven't had any close friends to shoot-the-breeze with or anything like that.. It has been a pretty lonely time. I am not trying to feel sorry for myself here; on the contrary, I am more stating how much those people mean to me and how many memories I have with them. God truly has blessed me in that area. Lately, I have been praying for increased joy, because, a lot of times, in my mind, I feel like I have a daily check-list that I have to complete and once I complete that I can shut down for the day.. Whenever that happens, I am always led to the numerous times that Christ talked about Christians possessing and displaying joy and living life to the fullest.

To be honest with you all, I don't even know where I am really trying to go with this entry.. To sum it all up, I can honestly say that God does listen to prayer, and God is for each one of us. He wants us to have joy! Like I stated in other entries before this one, I have been praying for certain things in my life for a long time, and I do not know how God is going to lead me. I have a plan in my mind that I would like to happen, but I do not know where God is going to lead me.. With certain things, I can see how God has developed the situations over years and years and has brought me to this place. I know that the feelings that I have towards certain situations God has put there! More than anything, I want his will to be done, and more than anything, if my will isn't his will, I pray that He will give me joy and satisfaction with whatever the circumstances may be.
Great Passage: Psalms 5:7-8 "But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies-make straight your way before me."


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