Thursday, March 18, 2010

So I have this AMAZING FREinD

A long time ago I was friends with this girl who I let use and abuse me. I knew she was manipulative, I knew she was verbally abusive. I just thought that I was put on this earth to save her, and I loved her ALOT. So seven years went by and my love grew for this girl because of all the effort I put into trying to save her life. However, she became a worse case scenario soon after we became close, I just took it. In 2007, I went through a christian counseling program called Grace Adventure. Upon graduation I realized being friends with this girl was not the healthiest thing for me. So I told her it was time for a break, I felt like I was ending it with my boyfriend or something. She freaked, obviously, she was losing her only lifeline to reality and love and life. She cussed me out, told me our friendship meant NOTHING to her and ran off. So I was like, whew, that wasn't too bad, and I continued on with life. There was only one problem, my best friend had just shattered me, I could no longer trust anyone in deep relationships. I could no longer put my heart out there for someone to stomp on and drag through the dirt. It was too painful. So I kept everyone at arms length, I developed a way to hang with people but not let anyone in. I was lonely and tired of friendships and sad. So this is how my life continued for the next two  years. Whenever anyone got too close, I would retreat. But God had an Idea to fix me with. He gave me an apartment with this girl. God knew, he knew everything, I know that because this girl was not just any girl, she was a WOMAN with the middle name Mary which means; "rebellion," "wished-for child," and "mistress or lady of the sea." The name, borne in the Bible by the virgin mother of Jesus, has become one of the most enduring most popular names in the Christian world. She was a wished for woman, she was a lady of the sea with beauty and dignity. She was a woman who rebelled against becoming average or becoming what was expected, she was her own. She was a woman chosen by God to show me how beloved I am. I cannot believe how much love this woman has shown me, she is amazing. It blows my mind that Jesus would love me enough to bless me with this friendship, sister-ship, with my roommate. Me God? Me? She left me a letter the other day in which part of it reads, " Emily, I am praying that... you would hear him whisper, "Emily you are beautiful, you are lovely. Emily you radiate. I see your face and my heart smiles. I created you, wrote all your days in a book. I am pleased with you. I want to dance with you, sing with you, become your everything".
.Gracias Mi Amore.  !Gracias Dios Para Ella!

3 comments:

  1. i am so happy you have found a friend to help repair what another "friend" destroyed. i love you miss em! you yourself are a strong and powerful woman. you too are a force to be reckoned with. you are beautiful inside and definitely out. and don't you forget it.
    <3 Bex

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  2. Thanx becca :) I will have to come see you at the bean soon :D

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  3. Hey Emily :)
    I remember those times...it hurt me to see you going through that. I am so glad you are able to open your heart again...I am still struggling with that a lot. Something similar happened to me as well but way earlier in life...I am terrified of close friendships. You inspire me Emily. I miss you. I love you.
    -Beth

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