I have a friend that I am so close to that it is almost like she lives in my brain. She shares her cares with me. We have a bond that comes from a few years of good strong communication as well as love, respect and kindness to each other. Somewhere during the course of our friendship, she and I both marveled at how close we were becoming. And at different times we have each said “It is too bad you are married, because you would be the perfect sisterwife for our family.”
This friend is a comfort in times of sadness and pain. She is a mentor in times of confusion and chaos. She gives me advice, and sometimes asks me the all important question, “Do you want me to tell you what I really think? Or do you just want me to be your friend?” Sometimes I really want to know what she believes. Sometimes I want her to just be my friend, my hiding place.
Every woman I know needs a friend like this. Someone who can be called in the middle of the night in a crisis. Someone who calls you in the middle of the night with the birth of a new child or some astounding miracle that has occurred. Each of us needs a friend like this who will walk through the fires of our life with us, never judging, always loving, and ever forgiving for our lapses.
Most of you know by now that my family is traveling the road to plural marriage. It is scary and it is exciting and thrilling. I know that both of us have laughed a lot of laughs and cried a lot of tears through the journey. Neither of us is without fault, but what has come about as a result of this trip is love. This love is the foundation of the deep abiding friendship that I have with my other friend. And because the foundation of this love has been forged through God’s cleansing fires, we know that it will only grow through the years. I know that soon, this woman will be as close a friend as I have ever had.
To have a friend, we must each be a friend. Every quality we want from our closest friend is a quality that we must display to that friend. We can’t judge our friends (or future sisterwives) because of their minor faults or differences. We must love them the way we love our dearest friends. We must forgive them the way we always forgive our friends. We must nurture our relationship with her the same way we nurture our very important friendships. In short, if we want our sisterwife to be dependable, reliable, loving, trustworthy, forgiving, kind and compassionate then we must be those things to her as well. We are each responsible for planting Godly seeds in each other.
I am convinced that this woman was brought into my life to help me buff off rough edges, sharpen my iron and help me to become the woman of God that God intends me to be. I hope that along the way I will serve the same purpose in her life.
Most of all, I want everyone on this board to know that I thank God for giving this woman to my family.
SweetLissa
This friend is a comfort in times of sadness and pain. She is a mentor in times of confusion and chaos. She gives me advice, and sometimes asks me the all important question, “Do you want me to tell you what I really think? Or do you just want me to be your friend?” Sometimes I really want to know what she believes. Sometimes I want her to just be my friend, my hiding place.
Every woman I know needs a friend like this. Someone who can be called in the middle of the night in a crisis. Someone who calls you in the middle of the night with the birth of a new child or some astounding miracle that has occurred. Each of us needs a friend like this who will walk through the fires of our life with us, never judging, always loving, and ever forgiving for our lapses.
Most of you know by now that my family is traveling the road to plural marriage. It is scary and it is exciting and thrilling. I know that both of us have laughed a lot of laughs and cried a lot of tears through the journey. Neither of us is without fault, but what has come about as a result of this trip is love. This love is the foundation of the deep abiding friendship that I have with my other friend. And because the foundation of this love has been forged through God’s cleansing fires, we know that it will only grow through the years. I know that soon, this woman will be as close a friend as I have ever had.
To have a friend, we must each be a friend. Every quality we want from our closest friend is a quality that we must display to that friend. We can’t judge our friends (or future sisterwives) because of their minor faults or differences. We must love them the way we love our dearest friends. We must forgive them the way we always forgive our friends. We must nurture our relationship with her the same way we nurture our very important friendships. In short, if we want our sisterwife to be dependable, reliable, loving, trustworthy, forgiving, kind and compassionate then we must be those things to her as well. We are each responsible for planting Godly seeds in each other.
I am convinced that this woman was brought into my life to help me buff off rough edges, sharpen my iron and help me to become the woman of God that God intends me to be. I hope that along the way I will serve the same purpose in her life.
Most of all, I want everyone on this board to know that I thank God for giving this woman to my family.
SweetLissa
Kacy