Mosaic

I just came from Kaldi's - a coffee shop. Take three very different 20-something females who have known each other for about 10 yrs., stick them in a coffee shop, and let their mouths run and you've got quite an interesting evening. Don't you wish you were a fly on the wall - or maybe not. Either way, life is just not the same without your girls.

I love my girls. They inspire me, strengthen me, encourage me, cry with me, laugh with me...e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. with me. We can look at pictures of really attractive guys on Facebook and laugh about it when a status update is almost made with a guy's name (yep...this is true thanks to mobile aps) and the next minute cry over how so-and-so broke our heart or how our job makes us wish we were....fillintheblank. And then we'll move onto talking about the church sermon and how we come at it with different perspectives, but we challenge each other's views or learn from each other's perspective. Then I wouldn't be shocked if you saw us get in a little tiff or disagree about something one of us were doing. We gain insight. We raise our voices and get frustrated. We hear advice we don't want to hear. Say things that are honest and truthful, and at other moments bite our tongue. We laugh too loud and people probably find us to be really annoying (yes, we are "those" girls). We agree. Talk shoes and clothes....boys....and life.

Girls are complicated. We mix every part of our lives with every other part of our lives and sometimes we get so lost in it all. One minute we can be a certain emotion and then it can all of the sudden switch the complete opposite with no warning. We fight hard and are strong, yet sometimes we just feel so weak and like we can break any moment and we do - right in front of each other.

I say all of this because here is what you have: three very different personalities and walks of life doing life together. We probably don't make much sense on paper, but when you put us together, we fit and have a beautiful friendship.

And here is what I'm getting a glimpse of: my life can be one big mess of complicated. I probably don't make much sense on paper (and I'm not sure I make much sense at all), but I'm sure all my pieces are in the process of making a beautiful picture even if I don't necessary see it all coming together.

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" --Hebrews 11:1