This Is What Friends Are For

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I am surprised that I not written on friendship before! For many, many years, my work consumed my life. What time that was left over was used for family and home. I didn’t really have time for friends and so I had very few….I’m trying to think who were my friends….no, I’m not finding names! I’m not finding faces of people who would drop by, who I could call up, who I had tea with. My closest friends were far away friends – contact with them was limited to the odd overseas phone call.  Now that I think about it, I had missed out on what is a really important part of a woman’s life – friendship.

Then one day, after a Friday show, more than 5 years ago, I walked into the mall and there sitting at the Mugg & Bean were a crowd of women, some of whom I recognised from church. I joined them for coffee and after that, every Friday, I’d drop by the mall and see if they were there. Most times they were and so I became one of their group. “God-sent,” I say.  We laughed together, cried together, prayed together, had tea together and watched teaching DVDs together. God has used these women in my life and I am richer for them.

Today, as we gathered, Deborah arrived with a pair of tweezers and asked for a hawk-eyed volunteer to pluck out a nasty little splinter in her finger…Jo got the job…

That’s what friends are for! You want a bunch of friends that accept you unconditionally;  are there to help when you need them; that are an encouragement to you; that you can depend on; that you can off-load on and who can keep your personal issues confidential.

I want to be serious about that. We all need a safe place in which we can confide, that won’t end up being gossiped about all over the land! We need to be trustworthy!

Now that I have left CCFm, I feel my social circle has shrunk. It’s great to have a bunch of these girls as my friends! 🙂 One of them, Riana, is overseas at the moment. It’s been too long. Hurry home! And Karin, working, I miss her too!

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother (or sister!) is born for adversity.

Pick your friends well…

This morning, I am pleased to tell you, I woke up bright-eyed and bushy tailed. I felt very refreshed after cutting coffee yesterday. Today I was back to normal and I didn’t go back to sleep after my quiet time….talking of which, I was asked by Aldyth from Beauty for Ashes, to write about  my experiences in having a time of devotion. You can access that here…

My Journey In Meeting With God

I am amazed at how my “farewell flowers” from 3 weeks ago, are still looking pretty good!

Of course, I’ve been at home, so for once, they have been nurtured…the water has been changed regularly and as it is winter, they have not got too hot. Just loving them! They give me a warm fuzzy feeling! Thank you again!  Jenna’s roses have been amazing! I think this will be the last photo of them!

So the weekend is upon us. I think golf will be in the pipeline tomorrow sometime. It looks like great weather is expected in Cape Town.

Whatever you are up to, God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

Gratitude Pic…5 years ago, our daughter Stacey married our wonderful son-in-law Adrian. What a glorious day it was.