You know, talking about community or "life together" might seem silly to some people, but this is really an area I struggle with! It's not that I don't enjoy or value people, but I'm really not very good at staying in touch with people or making new deep friendships. That is one reason I am super excited about our moms' playgroup/small group because it's an opportunity to get to know some women from our church and have both fun and times of serious talk. We all agreed that we didn't want a "fluffy" book to discuss, and the workbook we got looks REALLY good!
Some people have gobs and gobs of friends and they do it really well (Kim is the perfect example of this - she manages to make EACH friend feel like they're her favorite!). Not me! I seriously struggle with maintaining more than a few friendships. I'd say right now I have 5 friends that I talk to regularly, and that's about it for me. I don't know what will happen if/when I become close with the ladies in my small group, because I honestly don't know how to balance it!
I think the one thing I have been convicted about lately is birthdays and anniversaries. I am SO forgetful when it comes to these, and I promise all of you reading this, it's not just YOU! This morning, Sean came over especially to give me a kiss and a hug, and I responded, "What was that for???" (Just so I don't seem like a total jerk, he usually gets ready to go and then comes and gives me a hug and a kiss) He looked at me for a second and said, "Happy Anniversary!" UGH! I cannot believe I forgot...yesterday I knew it was today and kept reminding myself!
Anyway, I know that it probably hurts "your" feelings when I forget "your" birthdays and anniversaries, and even though it's really not about me forgetting YOU, it's still something I want to work on because I don't want "you" to feel bad!!!
As I've been thinking about it too, I really think that while Jesus may not have bought His disciples gifts while He was on the earth, He probably made each of them feel super special and made sure that they knew they were loved. I think that's the really important part!! Hopefully one day we will have the money to buy everyone gifts on their birthdays, but for now, I definitely need to work on just being more thoughtful!
Sorry, this is kind of a rambling post! See, I told you it would be like my journal!
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that's really sweet of you. i definitely have a lot of room to grow in that area though! ;)
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