Group

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.                                                                   Proverbs 18:24

I write this blog having just come home from a celebration. It was a 50^th wedding anniversary for one of the couples in our group. “Group”- that’s what we call it- just “Group”. We have four couples in this group and we meet about once a month for prayer, food, laughter and support.

We have done that for the past 40+ years.

We have helped raise each others’ kids through that prayer and support. We have visited the hospital when a member is down. We have been at the funerals for parents who have passed. We have been to graduations, weddings…, well you get it. All the signal events of life.

The children and grandchildren of the celebrating couple put this luncheon together, and they acknowledged that the presence of their parents’ group was so special for them. It gave them a model of friendship and Christian fellowship. They took heart that all four couples have been married over 50 years.

We have been so blessed to have a group such as this. We all know that this is rare. People move away, drift apart- whatever life changes may disrupt such relationships. But our group has stayed together, and we are all better off for it.

My hope is that you can, or already have identified, the tribe that you go through life with. It is an immeasurable blessing.

Prayer” Lord, we are so grateful for the people you have put into our life, Amen