That's a good question!

We all need people in our lives who will challenge us to think biblically.  After last Sunday's lesson in SS up in Michigan, I have continued to think about the verses and thoughts shared.  As a child of God, I have a responsibility to be the right kind of friend.  God will hold me accountable for that truth!  "To whom much is given...much will be required!"
Proverbs 27:5-6, 9-10, 17
Proverbs 15:23
John 15:13
Ephesians 4:32
I have that kind of a friend with whom to share every day...my husband.  I thought we were good friends when we got married...we talked, laughed, dreamed, and enjoyed being together.  After being with each other for fifteen years...dating and married...I now understand what type of friend I have in him.  I now see what a real friend should look like.  I, for the first time in my life, have a best friend who is not blood-related to me (read that as...someone other than my parents and sister and brother).  I now know, personally, how God wants the husband and wife relationship to be.  His ways are good!  God's Word says that Ted and I are "one flesh"...how can he be anything but my best friend?  And with that relationship comes much responsibility and accountability!  I have friends and acquaintances who would shy away from some of the things that Ted has done for and with me.  I know that some of the things we have faced have not been fun...ok, they were down-right hard!  Yet, through it all God has given Ted the strength and faithfulness to be that "Iron sharpening iron..." friend (and husband!) that I have needed.
He constantly is challenging my thinking by statements he makes.  Often, I have to grab a pen and write it down so I can think on it more.  The other day he asked the question during a conversation we were having, "Are you holding on to something you want to have and do, instead of moving on to something God wants you to have and do?"  This wasn't directed at me personally, but it sure has become personal to me as I look down the road the next two weeks!  How often do we hold tight to the things we want...struggling with all our might to keep hold, when God wants us to just let go?!  The song, "I've Been Through Enough To Know...He'll Be Enough For Me" plays through my mind as I look back over the last few years.  How much harder our life would have been...if we hadn't just let go!  I'm sitting here this morning...looking back...looking forward...and seeing that God always is working His plan.  His plans are good!  There is great peace and blessing in moving on to something God wants you to have and do!