A personal story
Anna August. 5.2003
Today I received an email from a friend that I have not been communicating with, and it was nothing but positive. He told me about his fun and exciting summer getting to do something that sounded very much like a goal of his. He also said that he has other exciting news to share that wasn't appropriate to do so in the email. But, one of the last things he said was that he was surprised to first receive an email from me that apologized for the reasons in which we were not speaking.
You know what? A year ago his implication that I am very stubborn would have insulted the snot out of me (no matter how true it was). But, he's right! I put our friendship before EVERYTHING and everyone... sometimes that included God. I made it more important to me than the one who made the friendship possible.
I'm sorry I had to lose his friendship, but at the same time I'm not. God allowed me to see first hand the ways that he would care for me in times of loneliness. I love him so much for his faithfulness. I love my friend. I am sorry that I was so non-understanding to him. And even though it was hard for us to make the decision to go down different paths, looking back I can see that it was a great journey to this place where I am. I can't wait to see what kinds of things God has in store for this next stretch of highway.
