Task 5 Call or visit a friend and ask how you can be a better friend to them, ways you can improve. Ughhh....
I must say originally I was leery of this task. I definitely did not want to hear the ways I had been a bad friend over the years. Especially not after the day of disappointments and lack of trust in God I had had. Nonetheless, I braced myself for what could be a massive verbal lashing.
Instead what I received was grace upon grace. My dearest friend told me the only way I could improve was to see her more and that she had felt convicted of her absences as well. I know there are areas that I need to improve in, even if through her grace stained glasses she cannot see or chooses not to.
We spent the rest of the conversation talking about her. Her wedding plans, her excitement, her summer, her life. I loved it. After the few days I have had it was so refreshing to take the focus off of me and to spotlight her. She naturally asked questions about me and I tried as best I could to redirect without being rude.
I think our conversation today allowed me to see the trees among the forest and really savior the beauty of perspective.
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