Friends have always been a very dynamic part of my life. I have defintiely been on the low end of friendships, where it has been hard to look around and point out who’s truly with me. However, I have been blessed in most of my adult life to be continually srrounded by people who have my back. Most recently, I have seen a deeper set of friendships develop.
In July, my family will be traveling with friends to North Carolina on a week long trip to the coast. Exciting! Well, truth be told, outside of just some down time I wasn’t SUPER thrilled of the location. However, thinking about it for a moment, I discovered that this was the state that played home to Elevation Church.
Elevation Church is a church that I have admired since joining Torch Church, where I was introduced to Pastor Steven Furtick’s video teaching one Sunday morning. I was hooked! I subscribe to the podcasts, blogs, watch their videos, and find in many ways our church looks to them as a good example of one way to reach people for Jesus.
I say all this to say that I was PUMPED about the prospect of getting to visit the church some point in our trip. The problem arose when I discovered that Elevation’s home of Charlotte was 6-7 hours away from our destination and not quite on the way even. At that realization I did not plan on others traveling with but my heart was set on going, even if alone.
Yesterday I discovered that the group was down. They were helping to develop plans and hotel accomodations in Charlotte to make it work. This might seem like a small thing to some, but when you realize that you’ve got friends like that…you know the “7 hours out of the way” variety, it is a game changer.
Share this with friends who have shown you that you are worth a detour…You know those friends that always have your back… Those are the friends that show you another shade of family. This is the family that I get to CHOOSE.
IF A FRIEND SENT YOU THIS, IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE.
It’s amasing when our life focus is on God, he knits us together with people who truely bless us. What a wonderful gift!
It is SUCH a gift! God has blessed me so often, and in such unimaginable ways. All because He just flat out LOVES me. What a true GIFT!