One is Silver and the Other Gold
One is Silver, The Other Gold One of the four daily devotionals I read everyday is Ellen Miller's Inspiration for Girlfriends.
This past week Ellen has shared about her grandmother's group who called themselves the Forty-Two club. This group of friends got together at each others home for over twenty five years to play a game of dominoes. Twenty-five years..
As I read the devotionals this past week with a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye, memories of a group of my own friends flooded my mind. We called ourselves the Golden Girls, after a popular TV show at the time. I don't know why, we didn't resemble any of the original golden girls, but perhaps because we were close friends. We met once a month for dinner to share what had happened over the past month. We talked about boyfriends, and then husbands, eventually children and grandchildren. We laughed at weddings, bridal showers, births, and hugged each other over illness and funerals. We shared concerns about our aging parents and their health issues, and finally we moved to the head of the line with our own health issues. Today we are spread out across the country. We were separated by jobs, the need to care for aging parents, or an opportunity to move to a warmer climate. The Golden Girls no longer pull out our calendars at the end of dinner to plan our next "meeting". We do attempt to keep in touch and pray for each other, even though we are separated by miles.
I realized this week, after reading one of Ellen Miller's devotions, how the Lord has orchestrated a "new group" of friends for me. One by one He arranged them all. We call ourselves the "Sista's". We are creating new memories as friends. I look forward to the precious moments we spend together, laughing and praying.
I have been more than blessed with friends. I thank the Lord everyday for the precious hearts He has brought into my life.
When I was in Girl Scouts we used to sing a song, "Make New Friends, but keep the old, One is Silver and the other gold."
This past week Ellen has shared about her grandmother's group who called themselves the Forty-Two club. This group of friends got together at each others home for over twenty five years to play a game of dominoes. Twenty-five years..
As I read the devotionals this past week with a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye, memories of a group of my own friends flooded my mind. We called ourselves the Golden Girls, after a popular TV show at the time. I don't know why, we didn't resemble any of the original golden girls, but perhaps because we were close friends. We met once a month for dinner to share what had happened over the past month. We talked about boyfriends, and then husbands, eventually children and grandchildren. We laughed at weddings, bridal showers, births, and hugged each other over illness and funerals. We shared concerns about our aging parents and their health issues, and finally we moved to the head of the line with our own health issues. Today we are spread out across the country. We were separated by jobs, the need to care for aging parents, or an opportunity to move to a warmer climate. The Golden Girls no longer pull out our calendars at the end of dinner to plan our next "meeting". We do attempt to keep in touch and pray for each other, even though we are separated by miles.
I realized this week, after reading one of Ellen Miller's devotions, how the Lord has orchestrated a "new group" of friends for me. One by one He arranged them all. We call ourselves the "Sista's". We are creating new memories as friends. I look forward to the precious moments we spend together, laughing and praying.
I have been more than blessed with friends. I thank the Lord everyday for the precious hearts He has brought into my life.
When I was in Girl Scouts we used to sing a song, "Make New Friends, but keep the old, One is Silver and the other gold."
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Kathryn writes inspirational Christian poetry. She is also a Christian motivational speaker who strives to inspire and encourage with a little humor along the way. She is the author of the Boone's Creek myst... View profile
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Post a CommentAs Lee said, friendship is a great gift.
I had to move far away from my forever friends and I miss them.
I love it! Friends are so important! I treasure each one of mine! I see them all as a gift! I feel very fortunate to have made so many new friends here. Writers are the most compassionate people I know!
Thanks for sharing.
Friends are wonderful and there can never be too many :)
I so wish I had had a group of friends like this, but my life led me in other directions. I do have a small core group of friends now, but only only one I've been constant freinds with -- for over 33 years.
Oh, you will never know how sad I was as I began reading this! I have two far away friends that got together every year with their best friends from elementary school. I was always a bit jealous that I never had that...and then I read about the Forty-two Club and then your Golden Girls! But then I began to think about my new Sista's!!! And then I turned the page and there WE were!!! Yay! I love my new Sista's and you don't know how much I appreciate our bond and NEED it!!! As we all do....
luv you my dear Sista Katt!
I remember well that old Girl Scout song. I forget plenty, but not the words to that tune!
Very lovely. Thanks for sharing :)
Friendships are the greatest gifts you can have.