I get by with a little help from my friends. ~ The Beatles
Lately, life has had me feeling kinda funky, and not in a 70’s disco-era-cool kinda way. I don’t think I am alone in this; I believe that we all ride the wave of “funk” every now and again… you know – it’s called “life”. In life, we have very few certainties…. We live, we breathe, we interact with people on some level, we must take in sustenance, and eventually we die. Everything else is not a certainty; they are gifts we have that may not be permanent. Sight, mobility, strength, health, companionship, income, etc… Those are all things that can be gone in the blink of an eye.
Now when I am in a “funk”, I find myself going away… not physically, but mentally. I withdraw from people. I spend more time alone. I contemplate, contemplate, contemplate. I pray and search for answers. I find myself “fixated”, if you will, until I can come up with a conclusion that is satisfactory. And while this may not work for most people without throwing them into an anxiety attack or a deep depression, God gave me this fearsome awesome ability to approach life from a different perspective and to attack every issue in the most fair and objective way possible. Does that mean I am always right? No. But it does mean that He works in me differently to accomplish His purpose, whatever that may be.
But the one thing that I absolutely HAVE to have is friends. My friends are my sounding boards. They are the ones that I run my ideas by. They are the ones I use to help gauge my sanity. I know it is probably difficult to believe, but I am a talker. And don’t get me wrong; I am a good listener too, and a general student of human nature, but when it comes to all the sifting and the sorting, I have to talk, talk, talk. But with me, it is not just aimless chatter. It is all pointed, all directed, and it all serves a purpose. And I thank God for the wonderful friends He has given me who listen, offer what suggestions they can, and simply stare in amazement at some of the conclusions I eventually draw.
The point is that God not only gives us spiritual gifts, he also gives us gifts in the form of friendships and support networks. There are 49 verses that talk about friendship in the Bible, and even more that focus on the love found in friendships. As Proverbs 27:17 tells us, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” We are all journeymen on the same road, and our greatest gift to each other is to build each other up, reach out in friendship, and sharpen each other to make the journey a better one.
Whose iron man are you?
Catch you on the flip side,
Ang
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