Fast Friends

I wish it were as easy to make adult friends as it used to be to make kid friends.  It was amazingly easy.  Do you remember?



We met this little girl at the park this morning.  Her name is Lily, and her family is going to move overseas soon.  But that didn't matter to her or Lucy or Elliot.



They were friends within seconds, laughing and chasing and playing together.



Her mom was nice and easy to talk to.  If only she weren't about to move overseas... we could be friends.



I hate how I make conditions like this now.  I didn't, when I was a kid.  I think becoming child like in this area looks like putting yourself out there to be friends with someone.  Even if you can think of conditions hat haven't been met or compatibilities you wish were there, but aren't.
 

Jesus called his disciples "friends" even though they didn't "get" him or the point of his ministry and didn't stand by him at the end.  I think this is something God is teaching me about. Friends.