"Wounds from a friend can be trusted...."

"It's a rare thing to have someone in your life who will tell you the truth."

I agree 100%, having one friend in your life who will tell you the truth, no matter how hard, is difficult to find. Actually, it took me 15 years to find a friend like that. It took probably at least 2 or 3 years of prayer. And now I'm blessed with 4 of those kind of friends! My small group (Lindsey, Heather, Paige, and Eden) has been together for almost a year now, and I couldn't even begin to tell you all the ways that God has grown us and stretched us in this past year. The trust we have in eachother is unbelievable. These girls are women of God. I know that I can go to them, with whatever problem I have, and know that they will give me biblical truth and counsel. When I can't see out of a situation, I go to them and trust them to give me another perspective.

I love them and thank God for them daily! I am so blessed to be surrounded with such an amazing group of friends! This past week, while in Mexico on a mission trip, we talked a lot about what we want to do next. What our next step as a small group is. God has blessed us so much with eachother, that we don't want to take advantage of His blessing. We don't just want to sit back and be like "Gee thanks God for this great group. Now we'll sit here and just enjoy it." No, we want to run with this blessing! Make something out of it! He's blessed us so that we can do more for Him! We're excited! I'm pumped to see what God is going to do in our group this upcoming school year! We've got a few ideas, but we want to make sure they are God's ideas, and not just ours. We're open to whatever He calls us to!

Lord give us the wisdom to discern just what it is you want from us, and the courage to do it!