What does friendship and mac and cheese have in common? They both refresh the soul.
Just like how we all have our own comfort foods like biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes, we have friends that are like comfort food for us. Friends and best friends are important in our lives, they brighten our days and they make life easier.
Many people consider many people to be their friends. There are friends you see once in a while, perhaps you wave at them when you walk by them and you ask how they’re doing. Then there are your close friends and then your best friend.
Close friends are those you can be yourself around. They are the ones you ask to hang out with, the ones you make spontaneous plans with, the ones you can relate to. Close friends are like the little sweet treat you need after you have dinner, while best friends are like mashed potatoes, a staple, always reliable, and one of the main parts of the meal.
Neither close friends nor best friends are more important than the other; both are essential for different reasons. Best friends are a blessing and I hope everyone has a person they instantly think of when they think of their best friend. They are the ones who have been with you through thick and thin. When I think of my best friend, I am instantly and insanely grateful for her.
I met my best friend in the year of 2007 and I thank God he put us in the same kindergarten class. Although we are remarkably close now, it was not always that way. We simply drifted through high school, but we always knew if one of us needed one another, we would be there for each other.
Now, we text each other every day, whether we talk about her eating chicken in her car, or a difficult situation we are going through, we chat daily. She saw me at my worst and was always there for me and even once drove from Tulsa straight to Alva when I needed her the most.
If there were to be a verse that reminds me of our friendship it would be Corinthians 13:4-7.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
That is how our friendship is, we are kind and patient with each other. We are not jealous of each other, nor do we keep a record of what each other has done wrong. We trust each other and challenge each other to be the best that we can be.
Our friendship has not always been this way and I believe Christ is what truly changed who we are and how we treat our friendship. I hope everyone has a best friend like this and experiences a friendship like this.