RECONNECTING...REFLECTING and RELATIONSHIONSHIP!

I wanted to share this post as a reminder that God has strategically placed amazing people in ALL of our paths and sometimes those people are called to have a significant role in our life....

My beautiful friend Amy arranged for us to spend the day spending quality time together, so that we could catch up on one another's lives! The greatest thing is: we both recognize that our relationship is based on a plan that ONLY God could orchestrate.

When my family moved to the St. Louis area, back in 1994, we visited our home that was under construction. While we stood out front taking in the amazing blessing that was being constructed before our eyes, a car pulls up and a beautiful woman with a smile as BIG as Texas, jumps out and approaches me with open arms!

I immediately reciprocated and felt that we were of kindred spirits. She introduced herself as 'My New Neighbor' and we quickly became fast friends ....we watched each others children, monitored each other's homes and developed a relationship that supercedes the definition of friendship.

Over time, we got to know each other's family members and celebrate the victories in one another's lives. We spent MANY hours, over the years...going for early morning walks, sipping coffee, laughing uncontrollably, attempting to solve the problems of the world and MOST IMPORTANTLY, praying together and talking about our LOVE OF GOD!

You see, it was GOD'S LOVE that caused her to stop that day and welcome me and my family with open arms....and it was GOD'S LOVE that prompted me to receive it.

It's GOD'S LOVE moved us to extend ourselves to the needs of each other's family and it's GOD'S LOVE that continues to sustain our relationship that was constructed upon a solid foundation, just like our 'newly constructed home.'

We now live miles apart, but distance nor time has weakened our love for one another. Today, we spent hours sipping tea AND coffee... catching up on the live's of our children...laughing uncontrollably...making yet another attempt at solving the problems of the world and MOST IMPORTANTLY praying together...for each other, for our families AND for our world!

I wanted to share this, as a reminder that God has strategically placed amazing people in ALL of our paths and sometimes those people are called to have a significant role in our life.

 IF we don't extend ourselves to other OR don't welcome the gestures of kindness from others...we will miss the true treasures, gems and blessings that are woven in the threads of GOD'S LOVE!❤