This morning in church the pastor compared our intimate friendships with a Lego block. A person can have roughly 8 intimate friendships in his/her life (maybe a couple more, maybe a couple less) - just as a Lego can hold up to 8 different pieces on its frame.
I long for my Lego friends!
I never truly had these Lego friends until I began college. I had always longed for them and never understood why I never had a true best friend. I think maybe God was just giving me no reason to rely on anyone else but Him.
College began and so did my life with Legos! I found friendships that quickly became the closest ones I'd ever had. Life was wonderful.
College graduation came around and slowly my Legos were leaving. It took a couple of years, but eventually all my Legos left town (aside from my hubby whom I love dearly).
This was a very difficult time...
I don't think there is a time in your life that so perfectly allows you to develop such intimate relationships as college.
I've learned to deal with the fact that my Legos are not able to swing by for a nice chat or fun evening out.
Have I dealt with it well? If you consider swallowing my time with work and family "well", then I guess you could say yes.
But I am a woman! I need my relationships! My husband is wonderful...but I need some girls to simply hang with, let loose with, etc.
Will I ever have the opportunity to create such relationships again? I hope so...but I'm not holding my breath for any time soon.
An old girl scout (?) song just popped in my head - Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other's gold
I am in NO WAY looking to replace my current Legos! They are irreplaceable! But I do still have a few prongs left for some new ones.
Maybe God is once again telling me I simply need to solely rely on Him and it's taken me 3 years to figure it out...
4 comments:
Well, Come on! Move to New Paris and you'll have the BEST lego. What lego is better than a sister?! :)
I feel the same way! During the sermon, I was trying to think of who my legos are. I thought of a lot of past legos, but not so many present ones. It is kind of sad! This being an adult thing is hard to figure out sometimes! :-)
I think we can have a collection of legos, but have 8 intimate ones at one given moment. Just as our relationships change, where we keep our old friends, while making new ones and sharing different parts of ourselves with different legos, our lego creation changes as well. Different parts of our lives need different legos, as do the different creations. We don't replace the ones we aren't using, but they have a meaning and a purpose in our lives just the same. Does that make sense? It kinda seems like I'm rambling, and I'm confusing myself, talking about legos :)
I understand!
How's mama feeling? Will you be finding out the sex and telling the name or keeping it secret this time?
Again, I am very happy for you!
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