Joe Gonzalez

Lighthouse in Nebraska Joe Gonzalez

A true friend comes to us, maybe only once in a lifetime. Some "true" friends are born just down the street form us. Some are born right in our very own house. Some of our very best of friends could be our very own brothers and sisters. It could be our fathers and even our mothers. Regardless, we all need friends to make our lives complete. Sometimes, we move away to different places. Some people move to a different part of town, a different street, a different county or, a different state. And some move an ocean away. Friends come in different sizes and ages. And some of our very best friends turn out to be our next door neighbors. Age had no bearing on how a friendship begins. On a personal note, some of my best friends turned out to be co-workers who stay in contact with me and vice versa. The question is, who far does one go to maintain a very special friendship? How many secrets and how many promises can be kept in complete confidence between two friends and, for how long? How long does one have to know to someone to know they are now trusted friends? Is it a week, a month, or does it take years? What if there is a forty or fifty, or even a sixty year gap between the two? What happens when a promise is made to fulfill, and time goes by unfulfilling that promise? Do you forget the promise? Do you throw the promise to the wind and hope it never comes back to haunt you for the rest of your life? How do you sleep knowing your promise was never to be kept now that your friend has gone? But deep down inside, that promise still haunts you? How do you fix it? How do you make it right? What to do? What to do? There's always a way, if you trust in your best friend. We should always trust in Jesus Christ to point us in the right direction.