His faithfulness

We serve a great God. Greater than our fears, our desires and the changes that we face.

His faithfulness is just as evident when we stand thirsty in the desert as when our thirst is quenched by the rain-if only we'll look for it.

Through every season of life, He remains the same.

Compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness.

These are the lessons Alanna and I have been learning side by side over the course of our friendship.

God seems to teach us a lot of the same things. At the same time.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that half the time we can look at each other and know that the same thoughts are running through our heads.

C.S. Lewis said "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'"

We started calling each other twins after the first dozen or so times we had that "you too?" moment.

Six years later it still applies. But one week from now, we won't be living 2 minutes away from each other to share those moments whenever we feel like it.

And its hard. We're each doing what God has called us to do. It's just that now it means doing them separately. But He is just as faithful.

And wherever we go in life we want to share that with each other, share it with the world.

Our God is great and worthy to be praised.

And come what may we'll be praising Him.

Still friends.