2 year hiatus

so a friend reminded me recently that i used to have a blog.
Honestly i think i'd forgotten.

The latest simple or basic/plain action event or thought that has spurred within me thoughts on a deeper level and/or spiritual contemplation was when a good friend of mine shoved me at a wedding recently.

It was perhaps the first wedding i've been to that i wasn't in, that i had to drive more than 15 minutes to attend, in over five years.  I've been in 18 weddings.

So we're at this wedding, and my friend shoves me out of the way, then i gather myself & ask him what happened, and he points to a spider that i was apparently eye to eye with.  A really big spider.  In a tree.

This incident spurred forth in my mind two thoughts.....first, how spiritually important it is to have friends who will 'shove' or otherwise inflict 'harm' or even pain upon you - for your own good.

And in that way they are being as God intended as He made us in His image...thus this must be derived from God, which informs us that God indeed has our best interests at heart.

Secondly, the interesting thought for me is that i didn't react with anything other than an internalized assumption that the shove must have been for my good.  Because it was from a friend.

I think God wants us to be these kinds of friends to Him.