Friends bring you to Christ!

I think I got truly lucky to have the friends I had in high school. When we lived outside of Utah, we had people ask us what it was like to grow up in Mormonville(Kaysville), Utah. Yes, my seminary did have the highest attendance in the world. 98% of my high school were Mormons, but did that mean that everyone acted their religion? Heck no, I think we were like most other high schools. You still had every kind of group....cowboys, gothics, druggies, populars, and geeks. We all still had our agency, and the teenage years are a great time to rebel or find out what you actually believe. Thus back to my first sentence, I think I got truly lucky to have the friends I had in high school. They were good friends who always helped me make good decisions. John was one of my best friends then too, so I think i really lucked out.

I have been thinking about this, because I have been listening to a book on tape, and it was retelling the story of Christ healing the man with the palsy, who came through the roof. It's in Mark chapter 2 if you want to read it. He talked about it from Christ's point of view as the healer. He talked about it from the scribes point of view, and then he said he looked at it as he hadn't before. He looked at it from the view of the palsy man's friends. The ones who had brought him to Christ. They had seen that their friend was sick and so where did they take him? To one who could heal, to one who could comfort, to the one who could save him. He then talked about what our friends do for us when we are down, do they bring us closer to the healer, the comforter, the SAVIOR.

It made me think, and be grateful, for all the good people the Lord has put in my life. Not just in high school, but since the time I was born. I have had so many exemplars of Christ in my life. People who really know where unending Love and understanding come from. Thank you to each of you who remind me, Why I'm here, who I am, and where I am going. I hope I am being the same kind of friend to you, if not I will try harder. Christ is so important in our lives. I want to make Him a bigger part of mine this year, I hope you do too.