There is an amazing grace that comes with a friend walking with you through grief. Grief is messy, I’m finding out, and very unpredictable. It does not announce itself and can take so many forms. One being obsession or excessive dependence on a particular person. That isn’t a healthy state for a friendship, and will eventually wear it down.
I am thankful tonight for a wise friend who saw my condition, recognized my real need, and covered over my offenses while teaching me to see my condition for what it was. Dear friend, I think God for you and that grace. You did not throw me away as I became a problem.
Hopefully, I will recognize the opportunity to “pay it forward” when it comes, and give the grace needed to *really* help a friend.
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I’m glad for friends who are understanding even in the midst of great confusion and pain and suffering, some of which may be inflicted by me on them. The circumstances of life will reveal who your real friends are, as hackneyed as that phrase may be. It’s true. 🙂