Friends

I have always had a difficult time making friends. Good friends. I think generally people like me, but it is difficult for me to automatically "connect" with someone and feel as if I can be open and share things with them. As I've lived in California, I have made some friends, but a lot of them live just far enough away that you have to "plan" to get together. Others of them, I enjoy getting together every now and then, but we don't see them very often.

Nathan and I have a set of friends that we've been casual friends with for some time now. They just recently moved a short distance away from us. They have invited us over to their apartment every Wed to watch Lost with them. In this deal, we also get a meal that Rachel has made. She says she looks forward to the weekly visits because she loves having us over and entertaining. It's the highlight of her week. Well, it's also the highlight of my week. She is a woman of God, inspiring me without even knowing that's what she's doing. Our conversations seem to flow, no awkward pauses. She genuinely cares about other people. We don't know similar people, so the desire to gossip isn't there. We have similar tastes, yet know that if we disagree on something, we don't hold it against one another. I had been praying for a friend that lived close by that I could relate to and I feel that God has answered my prayer. For this, I am grateful to Him.