Friendship

I'm sitting here in my pjs, tired after a busy week and only having returned home 20 minutes ago from a night of yoga and frozen pizza with a few of my friends, and I'm thinking about the value of friendship. While I was driving home tonight I was thinking about how blessed I am to have such great friends when I realized that I have those same thoughts every time I'm with these girls, and that got me thinking about the true significance of friendship. There is nothing like people you can laugh with, cry with, and fart in front of with no fear of being judged. Before God created Eve he said that man is not meant to live alone, and the friends that I've made here have shown me that he was not just talking about romantic relationships and husbands and wives. God made us to be in fellowship with him and with one another, and that fellowship is such a beautiful thing. Human beings are all so unique, and I love watching that reality in the interactions of my friends. Everybody brings something different to the table, but it is all accepted and appreciated without question. I have never seen any judgement among these girls, no unkind words, only overflowing love. This is the way it was meant to be, enjoying each other's company, laughter over frozen pizza in a dirty kitchen and loving one another for the unique people God made us all to be. The simple things like that are so beautiful, and it's when I sit back and just watch during moments like that that I see more of God's wonderful heart for us and the simple yet extravagant beauty he has created for us to live in.