Sometimes in life we find ourselves in the midst of something we didn’t expect or ask for. Life throws us a punch that we think might just take us to the mat for good.
Maybe it’s a death of a loved one, maybe it’s cancer, maybe it’s a failing marriage, maybe it’s a financial blow, a child with disabilities, or the realization that certain dreams will NEVER come true.
How many friends do you have? I’m not talking about your Facebook friends…FB really should call those acquaintances and not friends, because there is no way you can have 884 really close friends.
The type of friends I’m talking about are the ones that if you lost your job they would help you pay your mortgage or let you move in with them. The type of friends that if you died in a freak accident would raise your kids like you would. When you start classifying people like that…it’s easy for your friend list to shrink maybe even to zero.
Which creates a big question in my mind…How do you get friends like that? How do you find friends like that? Well, I tell you right up front that you won’t find friends like this at church. Yep! It’s true. You won’t find friends like that at work, on a sports team, in the gym, or with your children’s friend’s parents. In fact, you can’t find them anywhere because…
Who is your best friend? When did you make that friend? Most people that I speak with have some amazing friends that were made during their college years.
College is a special time and place. You were gathered with other young adults from all over the world with the purpose to learn so that you can change the world…well maybe that was your purpose for being there. You went on weekend road trips, you debated late into the night, you tried new things, you were surrounded by great people and you grew like never before with some of the people you now refer to as your best friend(s).
