I had gotten this book called Genuine Friendship from a friend that knows me all too well. However, while reading it I realized how poor one of my favorite friendships actually was. It’s funny how you can know someone for so long and feel so close to them and then realize how distant you actually are from them. I’ve felt this with those friends that I just went out & did things with but never actually had a solid conversation with. However, in this case it was so odd because we had talked about EVERYTHING except what brings us joy, hurts us the most, makes us sad the most, makes us so angry we could punch a wall...especially when at times it was each other. What a terribly confusing, disaster of a friendship that was so perfect on the surface. I have this thing against poor communication in relationships because I hate not knowing what a person is thinking, especially when it comes to loving someone, the most vulnerable relationship there is. How even worse to do this in friendships, because they are supposed to be built on trust since you are so vulnerable with them. In this case, after so many years and a several hour phone conversation we are finally true genuine friends and it makes my heart happy.
Great communication and trust is needed for all relationships, from friendship to marriage to our relationships with God.
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