BFF
once upon a time i met a girl who turned out to be my bff. there were a few who came before her that i thought were surely going to fill the role, but none other has held a candle to her.we have in our house what i call "our attic." it's really not an attic at all; rather it is a very large and deep closet (in our bathroom, of all places) that i'm convinced was once used for some type of extremely strange purpose(s). if you were to peer into our attic and look upon the old-fashioned pencil sharpener attached to the wall, i am convinced you would agree. a punishment room for the bad pupil, perhaps?
yesterday i took out of our scary attic a big cardboard box crammed and stuffed with old letters and cards and picture frames. i'm ashamed to say that until last night, this box had not been touched for close to three years. upon finding the goodies inside, i was overjoyed! why had i not looked and sorted through these gems earlier? in making my piles of "keep" or "trash," i came upon card after card after card from my bff. i felt like i was receiving and reading each card for the first time, and each word was gold. each smiley face was a heart-melter. each precious "love from" or "i love you" was a diamond-shaped, left-eyed tear. how can there be such an amazing person as this, Lord? how could someone so incredible love me so incredibly much? she has shown me not only phileo love, but truly agape love, as well, and anyone who has been blessed with her presence in his or her life would testify the same.
i'll never forget an e-mail message i received from my dear mother about my bff, which was probably sent in 1996 or so: she was describing this beautiful person, and began by saying how kind, gentle, joyful, and good she is...but then completed her thought by exclaiming something similar to "well, i suppose she simply embodies the fruit of the Spirit, doesn't she?"
and yes, she does, mother.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." galatians 5.22-23
all for now @
1:30 PM
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