May you nurture those special friends in your life who feed your soul … who hold your heart … who free up everything creative and wonderful in you … the ones who see someone greater in you than you’re able to see … those who inspire you to multiply your talents and pursue your dreams … those rare people who make you feel like the most important person in the world … a gold medalist in being you.
May you look beyond their quirks and imperfections … their peccadilloes … those lapses in judgment and blunders in character that quietly remind you that this is not God you’re working with here. This is another human being … flawed … under construction … a little goofy … just like you. May you make peace with the fact that they have fears … insecurities … and embarrassing sins in their lives … sins they wish they could overcome … sins they are working to overcome through Jesus. May you hold their confessions in confidence. May you wipe the tears from their cheeks. May you love them with your whole heart … even when their sins leave you wounded.
May you cultivate their hopes … expand their horizons … and nourish their dreams. May you give them time and room to grow … to fail and learn from their mistakes … to get bucked off and get right back on. May you help them get back on. May you expect nothing more of them than they can give, and may you give them more love and encouragement than they ever expected. May you set them free to fly … may you cheer as they soar … and may you catch them when they fall.
May your world overflow with special friends because you first mastered the art of being an incredible … rare … special friend.
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