Two New Friends

This post isn't actually about this horse, although I just got to meet her the other day and she is a really cool new friend, too.

      Have you ever met somebody and felt inspired by them?  Like they were such cool people and you just wanted to be around them more?  There are a few of them in existence, and I recently met 2 more of them!

      One of them is younger than I am.  But she has a lot of wisdom and a lot of passion for the things of God.  She is far from home...far from friends and family and support...but she is shining strong and brilliant wherever God puts her without seeming to skip a beat.  I hope that my own children someday can shine like that wherever God puts them.

     One of them is older than I am...I think...or, at least, she has more children than I do.  She is one of those women who look like they are tough enough to handle anything, who looks like she is forever friendly and cheerful, and who seems to be a solid team with her husband whom she respects and loves.  And I just look at her and say I want to be like her when I grow up -- at least in those attributes.

     I thank God for good friends -- these two and others -- who remind me to pursue godliness and be all that God has called me to be!

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