I found a buried treasure
As my college experience is coming to a close, I have been thinking about what my friendships will look like in a year from now. Seven months from now it’s likely that my best friends and I won’t be in the same place let alone the same state and I am fearful of losing these friendships.
I would consider my friends and my community from college to be my family. They have gotten me through extreme tragedies, walked beside me in moments when I thought I was alone, celebrated me when I succeeded and challenged me when I needed to grow. I attribute much of my success throughout college to my friends and I believe that it has been a true gift to find such incredible people while being at college. It says in scripture that “ faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure”. I have indeed found bountiful treasure and my hope is to cultivate these friendships even through the transitions of life to keep sacred the rare treasure that I have found.
I had no idea a group of people, like this, really existed. I just thought a “good” group of friends were just people who you studied with and went out with on the weekends. I didn’t think that a group of friends would care to live a life of greatness, desire to have vulnerable conversations, or want to know my heart and my own story. These friendships have shown me that there is wildly more to the depth of a friendship and it has been in the moments of vulnerability with one another when we have discovered the fullness of what God intended friendship to be.
It has been bittersweet to begin this transition with them because it has been a beautiful gift to watch them grow and obtain things they never thought was possible, but it is so hard to realize that the future plans that they are making and obtaining might not include me in them. Regardless of wherever we go after college, I will cherish the time we have gotten to spend together growing, learning and striving after holiness. I don’t know what is going to happen to these friendships seven months from now, but I guess I have realized that I don’t want to waste the time I have left with them in college. I hope to take spontaneous road trips with them. I hope to never say ‘no’ to Poncho’s or Sonic or any late-night-snack-run. And I hope to say ‘yes’ to encountering them more deeply in conversation.
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