This morning I hosted a dozen friends from my Sunday school class for a Ladies' Brunch. Our class is fairly big, so we try to do get-togethers outside of class so we get a chance to just have some social time together. I know some of these ladies well; I am just getting to know others. But each one is a blessing to me. 
We are blessed with kind, sweet neighbors, too. Just this week our next door neighbor brought us some apples from an orchard because she knew we had been studying apples, and she gave me a beautiful rose-patterned teacup and saucer that she saw in a little shop because it made her think of me and Rose Cottage.
Not long ago I began hosting a Bible study here at my house, and I enjoy Thursday evenings with those ladies immensely. Back when I began to blog, I never thought I'd find friends here in blogland, but I have been blessed by many of you. I have friends from other areas of my life, too: a few dear homeschool-mom friends; childhood friends I still keep up with; and quite a few friends who happen to be related to me, including cousins, aunts, and my Mom. I can't take credit for picking any of these friends myself; God has brought them from many directions, and he brought each one at exactly the right time.
C.S. Lewis says it this way:
We are blessed with kind, sweet neighbors, too. Just this week our next door neighbor brought us some apples from an orchard because she knew we had been studying apples, and she gave me a beautiful rose-patterned teacup and saucer that she saw in a little shop because it made her think of me and Rose Cottage.Not long ago I began hosting a Bible study here at my house, and I enjoy Thursday evenings with those ladies immensely. Back when I began to blog, I never thought I'd find friends here in blogland, but I have been blessed by many of you. I have friends from other areas of my life, too: a few dear homeschool-mom friends; childhood friends I still keep up with; and quite a few friends who happen to be related to me, including cousins, aunts, and my Mom. I can't take credit for picking any of these friends myself; God has brought them from many directions, and he brought each one at exactly the right time.
C.S. Lewis says it this way:
"For a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,' can truly say to every group of Christian friends 'You have not chose one another but I have chosen you for one another.' The Friendship is not a reward for our discrimination and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each the beauties of all the others."So to all my beautiful friends, I just want to say thank you. I'm glad the Lord chose you to be my friend, and I am blessed by the beauty He has shown me through you.
