Proverbs 27:10 (NIV) "Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away."
This photo is probably from the late 90's. Some of the ladies in this photo are still as close to me as the day this photo was taken. We've buried children, spouses and parents. We've weathered health battles and divorces and still we stand strong together. These are the friends that I have done life with and still journey to the unknown future with. These are my friends. We are now enjoying our children's children. We share stories and enjoy one another's photos. Together life has been better. So why am I writing this?
Because these were the days that life was lived in person. We didn't do text or Facebook we did some ole fashioned face time without an Apple device in hand. I want to share because I don't want these tyoes of relationships lost to the future generations of women. I want to dublicate myself in others not so others can be me but so they can be themselves. How did we manage life without electronics and modern day devices?
We helped one another. We watched one anothers children. We shared meals. We helped one another with projects, house cleaning, laundry and cookie baking. We learned from one anothers mistakes and victories. We encouraged one another to do right, stay married and not give up or give in. These were my good old days. But it didn't stop there because these are the better days. These days are not better because times have changed, we have changed and now we are older, but these are the better days because of the investments and choices we made then. We chose right. We chose work. We chose family, faith and fellowship. These are what made us better. When we are better life is better.
The ladies I have done life with are friends but so are their parents my friend and so are thier children my friends. See life is a very long list of special people that bring into our lives special people. Someone recently gave me an early Christmas gift. It is a wooden plaque that reads, "Great women raise great women who raise great women." Yes we are. We are the builders of others who in turn will build others.
I challenge you to be great. To be great you need to serve an even greater God. Serve a vision and purpose greater than your own. Be what you are looking for and in the process you will find not only yourself but the greatness in others.
We helped one another. We watched one anothers children. We shared meals. We helped one another with projects, house cleaning, laundry and cookie baking. We learned from one anothers mistakes and victories. We encouraged one another to do right, stay married and not give up or give in. These were my good old days. But it didn't stop there because these are the better days. These days are not better because times have changed, we have changed and now we are older, but these are the better days because of the investments and choices we made then. We chose right. We chose work. We chose family, faith and fellowship. These are what made us better. When we are better life is better.
The ladies I have done life with are friends but so are their parents my friend and so are thier children my friends. See life is a very long list of special people that bring into our lives special people. Someone recently gave me an early Christmas gift. It is a wooden plaque that reads, "Great women raise great women who raise great women." Yes we are. We are the builders of others who in turn will build others.
I challenge you to be great. To be great you need to serve an even greater God. Serve a vision and purpose greater than your own. Be what you are looking for and in the process you will find not only yourself but the greatness in others.
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