Friends that Become Family!

Family: A group of persons with common ancestry. A group of things related by common characteristics. The descendants or line of a particular individual, especially of some outstanding female. 😊

This is Merriam Webster’s definition of family and one we are all familiar with. I am a family-minded person. I love spending time with my family; they are my best friends. And there she is, popping her head up as if to say, “Hey, what about me?” The Best Friend.

What does Merriam have to say about best friends. A person’s closest and dearest friend. A persons most desirable or valuable possession or resource. I love the second definition, a valuable possession or resource. We don’t own our friends, but their friendship is a valuable possession and their love a constant resource.

Upon moving back to my home state after many years of relocating with my husband’s career, I was able to reconnect personally with friends that I’ve had longer than I’ve had my children. People who really know me, they knew me then and they know me now. As I age, I appreciate the value of knowing these few particulars, and they return the appreciation.

I have had friends support me when family didn’t. I have had friends pitch in and help when family was to busy. I had friends reach out to a single mom when family turned a blind eye. I have had the heart warming pleasure of support and help from my children’s best friends showing up in their time of need and holding my hand as I held theirs.

I am blessed today to have my sons and their families here today for Chanukah. Blessed for FaceTime so my daughter and her best friend can join us via the internet. But, I’m especially blessed today by two young people who have entered mine and my husbands life. We now call them family, and they will also be here to celebrate Chanukah.

I guess my jumbled point this morning is we are born into family. Some good, some not so much, but that doesn’t stop us from creating our own. I encourage you today to make sure those special friends who have become family know how much they mean to you. You’ll be blessed and so will they.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

Romans 1:12 ESV “That is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.”

I am blessed every day by you who follow and read these words the Lord sends. The appreciation goes beyond mere words. Thank you. Be blessed today, be a blessing and thank you for joining me. 🥰