Thank God For Friends

Wow! I just got back from work. Has anyone been outside tonight? It's beautiful!! The air smells fresh and sweet. I don't usually describe the smell of air like that, but tonight it's true. Anywhoos (as Warren would say)..I did a bit of thinking on the way home about friends and what a blessing they are. Just recently I've started thinking about things from more than one perspective. Friends are a blessing 'cause they support you and also friends are a blessing 'cause you can support them. When friends are going through a rough time I always try to be supportive and helpful, but I've never thought that I was benefiting as well. I've discovered that by supporting friends, I grow closer to God and to my friends as well. My relationship with God gets stronger because I am constantly lifting my friends up before Him and my relationship with my friends get stronger because I am constantly thinking about their needs and what I can do for them instead of thinking about what I can gain out of the friendship. Awesome!! God works in mysterious ways.
Speaking of friends... I hope to make a new one tomorrow. Josh is coming out and is bringing his girlfriend. I can't wait to meet her and I hope that we hit it off right away. You guys can all pray that they will be safe as they travel tonight and that they arrive safely at Nat and Candice's. They should get there sometime in the very early hours of the morning. gotta go now
Toodles!!
Oh!.. here's another riddle:
Thirty white horses on a red hill
First they champ
Then they stamp
And then they stand still
What are they?
(From JRR Tolkien)