A Letter to a Friend

To My Friend:

I miss you.

I miss the person you were.

I'm scared of the person that you've become.

I miss you.

The old you.

When I see you in person, I smile. I'm happy to see you. Honest. But sitting behind the computer screen where the life you really live is displayed....

I'm petrified.

Scared. To. Death.

I can't stand seeing you grasp the world. I love you too much. Honest.

I love you.

The old you.

In all practicality, I still see you as the girl I knew four years ago. The girl I came to know and love. I have a hard time accepting the girl you've become.

Can you believe it was only five, maybe six, years ago we met? So much has changed since then. I have changed, and so have you. We have both mentally, and spiritually moved in opposite directions. I have watched you, my friend, take hold of the world.

And it scares me.

I love you too much to let you go down the path you have chosen.

So I pray for you. Everyday.

Honestly, the summer when things changed was a very hard summer for me. I was so confused. I loved your family to pieces.

I still do.

But God used that summer in an amazing way. I grew so much in my faith. God brought me closer to Him.

I missed you all terribly, and wanted you back more than anything. But in retrospect, I wouldn't have you back for the world.

God did amazing things in my life that summer, and that wouldn't have happened if He had not removed your family from my every day life.

I'm still going to pray for you. Everyday. I pray that God will get a hold of your heart and that you will follow Him once again.

I love you, my friend. Too much to let you take this path.

Love,

Courtney  

 I'm sure we all have friends that we wish to boldly, lovingly confront about their walk with Christ. I know I do. Although this is a letter to my friend, (who may never read it - let alone know it was written for her) let me encourage you to pray for that person in your life. I believe in the power of prayer. PRAYER WORKS! It really does. Prayer is the most powerful thing that we can do for them. GOD ANSWERS PRAYER. But in His timing, not ours. Pray for that person. If you see them on a daily basis, encourage them in His Word. You never know what they may be going through.