Bestest

What I wanted to write about yesterday as well is about a box I received this weekend. Growing up we would sometimes have "surprises" on our bed when we got home from school. I LOVED this! At times we also got a special treat on those extra hard days. Well, I find myself back to being a "little girl" at times. As I was thinking about everything this weekend, I wanted to go shopping...I know, probably need to work through that. Not a shopping spree just a 10$ shirt would do. We went to lunch with our friends Adam/Sara. Sara showed up with a cute little black and white box with a big fat flower on it. With paint on her hands she handed it to me and said she made it for me. Now let me tell you, this box and the contents inside, took a lot of thought. A lot of time and energy. A lot of love from one of my bestest friends. That day I got to open a bar of chocolate which I consumed with a good glass of wine. I also got to open my favorite nail polish at the time "Lincoln Park after Dark"...I had special permission from Sara to open more than one surprise that day! With every treat comes a scripture. I have to read the scripture along with getting my treat. She knew that I would need the pick me up on a hard day but what she ultimately knew was that I would need to be surrounded with truth. She knows that as much as she wants to say, do, fix that nothing compares with the truth she can gracefully share with me. I love her for this, for who she is and the heart the Lord created within her. I now am following another tradition from when I was little...these scriptures are taped on our mirror for now. Growing up my dad would give us prayers or scriptures or just a nice note which displayed on the inside of our mirrors. So every morning while getting ready, I am getting ready for the day, for the battle, with truth right in front of me. I am so thankful for friends and to the Lord who gave them to me and gave me his word.