Word Play

I was strolling in the park this past weekend and came across two signs that made me realize just how many different definitions there are for the same word.

Sign 1:
Danger! Hot Playground Equipment. - I wonder where they stole it from.

Sign 2:
All tables must be reserved. - Verses what loud and obnoxious?

Smile it makes you feel good!

Have a great day,
Granny

Desires

I had a desire to help,
But lacked the resources.
Convictions, but lacked the faith.
Goals but no one to share them with.
I had the desire to succeed but no ambition.
Needs, but no outlet for them.
Love, but no happiness.
Hope, but no fulfillment.
Then I found Jesus...Now I have it all!

(c) 1992 Deborah A. Seko

FRIENDSHIP

“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. “

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What would it be like to go through life without at least one TRUE friend? For me, I believe it would be like being lost in a, dry, dusty, lonely, life threatening desert.

Most of us have family with whom we share a bond of love and commitment. We’ve all heard the old cliché’ blood is thicker than water. Yet, family alone is not enough to sustain us through the everyday joys, trials, tribulations, sorrows, and achievements that we go through during our life. After all, we do not get to choose our families and we are often too close to family members to share some our deepest innermost feelings.

A true friend is like an oasis. A place we can go and replenish our thirst, and rejuvenate our inner being. True friends allows us an opportunity to let down our barriers without being afraid of showing too much of ourselves. A true friend is someone we can talk to well into the wee hours of the night and never get tired or bored. Someone who does not judge you for your feelings or inadequacies. They accept you as you are and they have no expectations other than that same friendship in return.

A true friend can often sense your feelings even before your spouse or a family member might. We all have times when we are down for whatever reason and times we want to vent about any number of things. Often times we find it hard to share these thoughts and feelings with our families. However, it is easy to spend an entire day or even weekend sharing and trusting our most private thoughts and feelings with a true friend.

With true friendship, there is an unspoken trust that exist. Somehow and for some reason, you know deep down in your soul that person will be there for you regardless of the circumstances. A bond between true friends is unlike any other; like love it is difficult to describe yet it is essential to your wellbeing.

In life, we may acquire many friends along the way; however, it is a rare gift to find numerous true friends. You know the ones, those who would walk through fire to help you and never ask for anything in return. True friends are a blessing from God that adds to the quality of your life. I have always been a firm believer that God puts certain people in our lives at certain times in lives for a reason.

One true friend is worth more than an entire city of just casual friends or acquaintances. A true friend can sustain you through all that life has to throw at you. Never take a true friend for granted. Like a lifeline, they stand ready to hold you up in both good times and bad.

May God bless you with at least one true friend in your life.

Granny