A funny thing happened...

So a year ago I lost my best friend of 12+ years.  She didn't die, she didn't leave the country, she in fact still live about 35 minutes from my house.  A long story short I feel like I became the scapegoat in a really bad situation and now she doesn't talk to me. 

And let me tell you, it was painful.  My heart hurt for months.  I was so close to her and I thought there was no way I'd ever find a friend as wonderful and amazing as she was was.  I thought there was no way God would give me someone like that in my life again - I truly thought she was a once-in-a-lifetime friend. 

And I was right - God didn't give me a friend as amazing as she was, He gave me a whole group of them.  Friends that love me, friends that support me and make me laugh.  Friends that make me count my blessings every day. 

What an amazing reminder to trust in the Lord, be faithful, to remember that He loves us and will always provide us with what we need.  It is as the Bible says, Matthew 18:12-14, “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.”