To a Friend
Being friends for nearly a decade, I cannot pin point exactly what went wrong... for me. I know that it begun even before I got married and had kids. I began to get older and struggle with my identity. Graduating and wanting to find a job I loved and wanting to find a person I loved and get married. That's what I longed for in my mid-twenties. Yet, there was this whole other side of desires. These desires were ones that were at the top of my priorities. The desire to be successful in my church community. To share the gospel and see people in my life surrender their lives to Christ. To make disciples and teach them about God. To be a loyal friend to my roommates and a reliable person to those leading me. I am sure there's more. Yet, I can see now that I was being stretched beyond what was healthy. I would work full-time, come home, be as intentional as possible, go to meetings, and stay up past midnight. I would go to work trying to be a witness. It was always on my mind to be