Today, I got a call from a neighbor who I know God has called me to serve. This is a relationship that I struggle with at times, truth be told most times. My neighbor has the potential to be one of the quickest witted, humorous, generous individuals I’ve met. She also has journeyed down a road filled with much personal pain. Pain that often traps her and zaps the strength of the Lord right out of her. Tonight, I was proud of her as she shared a story with me about her daughter writing a letter to another woman, friend, confidant that had passed. Out of the letter my neighbor said, “I want to be a better mother and I am going to do it in baby steps as the Lord directs.” I was so proud of her and told her so. Mother daughter relationships can be one of the most fulfilling relationships in life and they also can be one filled with the most pain. They are definitely worth taking baby steps to make better.
What got to me most in the conversation though was when she said, “This could be a letter to a mother but it also could be a letter to a friend, a best friend, like you or …..and she named two of her other best friends that are her age.” Her comment got to me because as far as being a good friend I fail so often in this relationship. As dear as my neighbor is to me she isn’t someone I’d call my best friend. But interestingly enough, she considers me a best friend. And I guess this is a call to me to really look at how I treat others because if they are going to consider me a best friend I need to walk worthy of being considered a best friend at all times.
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