What is a friend....

A friend is someone that stick by you through thick and thin. I see now that people I thought were friends, just don't have the staying power . I thought because I was there when they needed someone they would be there for me...
In the beginning we had people rally around, bringing meals ... it was a god send, but now that I can see to dinners myself, everyone disappeared. Ladies.. the hard work is done......

What a lesson for me to remember , it doesn't take much a call, a email, to let a person know your thinking of them.
I understand they all have lives, families and houses to clean.....but the Body of Christ really is nowhere to be found........
This is suppose is my own fault.... I have a reputation for being STRONG!!!!!
What else do I have a reputation for? that people don't want to be around me? I asked God to not let me go back to what I was, to peel away all the dross.
So I am strong huh???
News flash..... this is bigger than me!! Somedays I hang by a thread to my faith, somedays the thread breaks.
God is reducing me .... It ain't pretty.