Ever since my first close friends moved away to a different city (age 10??), I've carried within me this longing to be able to split myself in 2, or more, and just be there to hang out with those friends, share their experiences, live life together.
As my own life has progressed and I myself have moved (far!) away, this longing has only grown and intensified. Now it is not just for 2 or 3 friends, but many, spread around the world. And family! The more I get to know both my immediate & extended family, the more I wish I could have known them better, earlier, or be able to see them more often right now. And church families! Beloved brothers & sisters in Ottawa and in Kingston.
There have been so many significant happenings in the last few months alone in the lives of some close friends, and I feel so badly to have completely missed out on them. All I can do in response is email, or at most talk through Skype (which I am so grateful for, but you know... it's not the same).
Dear friends & family whom I am not very good at keeping in constant contact with, know that you are never far from my mind and heart and prayers. Those whom the Lord picked to walk alongside me at some point in the past, I have not forgotten. I am sorry that I cannot physically be there with you or for you, as life is lived and things happen. In the stead of that, I bring your lives and joys and challenges before the Throne of God, who is omnipresent and able to walk alongside everyone all the time. May He be your most faithful friend, protector, provider, guide, comforter, and Father. If you do not yet know Him, may He transform your life by showing you the darkness and taking you into the light. I pray all the more urgently for you.
Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete. -- 2 John 12
Apparently I am not the only nor first person to feel this sort of longing.
Thank you, God, for the unchanging beauty & eternal relevance of your Word!
3 comments:
My dear! You are often in my thoughts as well. We'll see each other again soon :) And if not soon, then for eternity in heaven! This is unconfirmed for now, but I may still be around in the summer. and it that is the case, we must have regular dates! :) I miss you so! *muah!* You're in my prayers :)
You look sooooo young next to your cousins. ;)
D-dear and I were having a very similar conversation last night! About how things are so different now that we're all grown and our life paths have taken us to different places.... and yet, despite the longing to be with each other that never ever changes, we can still find new ways to grow with each other and find that "new normal" in all our relationships.
Love yooooouuuuuu!!!!!!
helloooo...!
i've been wanting to ask you something but haven't known how to contact you.... and then i found my way back to this blog, and behold! it is recently updated!
:D
um, so my question: when are you coming back?
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