From a dear friend

This is a post that one of my dear friends wrote a year after her husband passed away from a severe heart attack, he was 35.

Well, it has been 1 yr. since my babe has gone home to be with Jesus. I have to say that it went a lot quicker than I thought. So many things have happened. Many changes in my life. I often look at my kids and think what would Brian tell them. I wish I had his input on things.

To all of my wonderful God given friends, I want to say THANK YOU!! Your friendship means the world to me! Your constant prayers and encouragement have helped in more ways than you know. So many days I would be feeling down and then one of you would send me a message of encouragement or make me laugh. And to me that is priceless.

And to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, I give Him all the honor and praise for everything that He has given to and done for me. I am so unworthy and yet He loves me and cares for me no matter what my attitude or how many times I fail Him!

I love you all and thank God for you. I know that with every passing day, the grief gets a little easier to deal with. But, I can't wait until that day when Jesus comes and we will all be together again. I love ya babe!

Friends

My husband has been wanting me to get a blog for awhile now, he said it would be good for expressing my thoughts and feelings (which is very hard for me).....This is my first blog entry so here goes.... First, thank you to those who have prayed or have sent a card to my hubby while he has been recovering from re-constructive knee surgery. It was VERY challenging the first week but we are seeing much improvement each day. These last couple of weeks I have reflected on a lot of things.....mainly on the few "true friends" that God has placed in our life. I agree with what Tracey said in one of her posts about being a pastor's wife and having "close" friends, it can be quite difficult at times. I have FINALLY come to the conclusion that not everyone is going to like you or want to be your best friend. But the unfortunate thing is.... some don't even give you a chance. It has made me stop and just say THANK YOU God for what friendships you have placed in my life. I am going to embrace those friends and cherish them. I pray continually that God will put new people in my path.