{"id":163,"date":"2016-02-09T05:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markmarshall.org\/?p=163"},"modified":"2016-02-09T05:52:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:52:42","slug":"am-i-friend-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markmarshall.org\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Am I Friend Enough…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love a girl, she is not mine by birth, but by the spirit. If I had a daughter she would be the one I would choose!
\nOf course I know she isn’t perfect, but to me she is. In God’s eyes she is known as one of the ‘favorites’. She has
\nbeen such a friend to me and my family for about 20 years. And back in the days when everyone and their brother
\ncouldn’t get away from me and my family fast enough; there she was<\/em><\/strong>. I think when the scriptures talk about; “there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother”; I’m pretty sure she’s that friend to me.<\/p>\n

She had complications during pregnancy, and had an emergency C Section. And by complications, I don’t mean it didn’t go as planned. And by emergency I don’t mean we couldn’t plan everything. I mean all hell broke loose! And the bottom line she just about stepped into glory. I talked to her husband a few days ago, and he told me the news and all the details. I mean like AFTER the emergency C Section she had a 3 hour surgery just to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n

And when I got the call I was on the way to a meeting that I could not get out of. But I was so distraught that I had to pull over and have a talk with Father. After I got my peace I fulfilled my meeting obligation. I got in my car, and immediately texted her husband for an update. When I got the update it was still not that great, but stable.<\/p>\n

I remember hearing those words and thinking that I may not see her again. My heart was open and filled with presence. In that moment I had a thought; “Was I friend enough?” I mean was I real friend to the person that I truly love so much. I thought about how good of father I need to be to my sons. And even those in the faith. I thought about it all night didn’t sleep hardly at all. The next morning I got up and went to the hospital. But all the way there I was worshiping and realigning my thoughts to the fact that the one gift I have is ‘Friend’. Am I friend enough…. this has really occupied my thoughts these last few days.<\/p>\n

I mean, am I friend enough?. If Kindness is my religion, then surely Friendship is my doctrine! I am exhorting you to be better friends to those that call you that. Ask yourself am I friend enough? I am going to do my best to stay connected and be a friend, because that is the highest calling on earth, to be called friend. Jesus said, I show you these things because you are friend. So to my ‘friends’ I say I love you and hope to catch up with you soon. Remember me in your prayers. Like St. Paul I hear, Oh wretched man that I am….<\/p>\n

Much luv
\nMM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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