SisterFriends

I have a broad network of women that I feel connected to. I'm sure you all have those dear people in your life that you know you can go to for various reasons. Some laugh with you, some cry with you. Some shop,eat, chat, pray, celebrate,decorate, work, organize, & sympathize with you. Some love who you love and hate who you hate. And to some you are Mom,Aunt, teacher, neighbor, helper, Grandma, advisor, prophet, priest, or friend.

But certain women grow into "sister-friends". That relationship is more than just a connection, it's a place! Somewhere safe to go when you are in need of a reality check. That special and unconditional friendship that tells you how awful you look in a bathing suit. That wonderful friend that will sit in the middle of your laundry pile just to "catch up" with your latest news. That one in a million -read your mind( right before you lose it), kind of gal pal.

I am fortunate enough to have some of those rare gems in my life. They have reached deep into themselves and offered me a place to grow there close to their hearts. They are never surprised when I just drop in. They are never unable to share their friends with me. They always include me in their extended family activities. I am welcome to travel all their roads with them. Some are well lit, others require holding hands thru dark places. Never the less, I hold them just as closely as they hold me.

There is one woman in particular that had made a pact with me due to her limitations. We promised to always pray for one another, even if the other should decide to go away from the friendship. This woman was and is so dear to me that I could never forget that pact. She suffered from physical abuse that lead her into alchoholism. I was honest with her about getting herself help. I knew that for all the depth we had shared, she and I would not continue on the same road at that time. As a good friend, a loving friend, I had to admit to her and myself that she needed professional care. I could only stand aside and pray. She never said good-bye,but I haven't heard her Hello on the other end of the phone in over 4 years. I sense the loss in my life and hers. But I still believe it was for the best to allow her to figure out how to work through it all. Time has a way of revealing all things. I have learned to longsuffer in prayer over this broken womans struggle.

Perhaps you too know a close relationship that has taken a "humpty dumpty" fall. Once there was joy and closeness. Now there is distance and grief. It can Hurt to the core. It can make you so very angry. It can break your heart. It can make a WARRIOR out of you! Yes , you will need to stay vigilant in prayer! You will need to release the heavenly hosts daily to minister in ways you never could on behalf of this precious life you and God love! Don't doubt that whatever you ask in the name of Jesus isn't already at work to restore and heal the wounds of your dear sister friends! You may not get to see the fruit of a deeply committed prayer pact, but intercession and fasting are the only ways to break strongholds.

I don't want to be so selfish as to pray just so I can regain this person in my life. I want this person to sense that she will never be forsaken and alone again. And only Jesus has traveled the road to Hell and back, Only He has the keys to unlock the chains that bind her. Jesus will hold her hand in dark places even when she doesn't know to ask, I will ask for her!!!