The Friends You Need

Not long ago a close friend of mine commented on another close friend of mine: "How did you fall in with him?" (Isn't it always fun to bridging two friendships together?) 

I didn't have an answer. "I just did," I guess. "Divine providence?" 

Ever sat around in your group of friends and have a moment? An epiphany of sorts that though you may have prayed for friends, you never could have conjured up this group in a million years. I feel this way often when I reflect on my friendships. 

There are men in my life whose presence defines friendship. Many of them I consider my own family ... my brothers. I always say to Jenny that should God grant us children, they'll have about 8 uncles. 

These are the friends for whom I prayed for years as a teenager. They're the friends I wanted, but even moreso, they're the friends I needed. 

Each one balances me and enhances me as a man of God in ways I could not have provided myself in any other way. I think there have been moments of humility where I felt undeserving of such friends, and then there have been moments where I pause, wondering how, out of all the people in all the world, I ended up with THESE people...

But that's who I got and I'm stickin' to 'em. And I'm proud of each of them. I'm even more grateful to God for them.It just confirms to me that You don't get the friends you want, you get the friends you need. 

You can read about just a few of these men in an earlier post.