my best friend got married yesterday, changes, pressing forward and living

I wrote a blog yesterday about how my friend got married yesterday and how it was clear that God brought them together.  I almost didn't go because it had been so long since I had seen her and I wasn't sure what it was like.  Being there I saw so many friends that I hadn't seen in so long and it brought back so many memories of E and how we first became friends.  I remembered when I first started going with her to Cana Baptist Church and how I was talking to her about joining Cana.  E sometimes said things that made me frustrated but I always knew that God was using her in my life to become more like Christ.  E always seemed to know when something was wrong with me.  When she saw something weird or vague I had posted on facebook she would call me up and ask if I wanted to get together so we could talk.  I think I almost took advantage of that kind of friendship, thinking it would always be there.  I remember when she had me in her house with K and they were pouring truth into my life and telling me things I needed to change so I could become more like Christ.  E is a beautiful woman of God and is so graceful and is an amazing example of a biblical woman.  She is everything I hope to be.  I hope to become like her as she is like Christ.  I guess that was another reason why it was hard seeing her yesterday because, although I just saw her briefly, I knew it might be the last time for a while at least that I might see her.  If the Lord allows I might see her again, but if not I will always remember the things she has taught me and try to apply it to my life.  Life is always changing but we must always "press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:14

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?" Psalm 27:1

 "One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple." Psalm 27:4

 "But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that you would walk in them." Ephesians 2:4-10

 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;" 1 Peter 2:9

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