It has been 4 years since the picture above was taken. 4 years, I can't believe they have gone by so fast. My life is so much different now than it was when this picture was taken and much of that is because of Amy. Thinking back to when we took the picture in our red coats, I never would have imagined the path our lives have taken us down since then. However, I will forever be grateful for the ways in which we have shared life together.
Amy has become one of my dearest friends over the years I have known her. But more than just a friend Amy has become my spiritual mother. I know without a doubt that my life would be very different today if 4.5 years ago our lives did not intersect. Amy has been an example of who Jesus is in my life from the very beginning of our friendship and she continues to exemplify His love in all that she does. I can remember praying in my desperation and brokenness for someone or something to be Jesus, show me Jesus, teach me what I needed to do and know, and walk with me into the unknown. Little did I know at the time what great plans God had for me and the ways in which His divine intervention worked, because in the middle of my prayers and pleas I was blessed with Amy.
It did not take long for Amy to become my person. The person who would help guide me through life and bring me to Jesus. Amy has been there through all of my junk, hurt, and sloppy brokenness over the last 4 years. And through it all she has been beside me holding my hand, wiping my tears, praying with me and reminding me how the best is always yet to come. She has always had patience and grace even when I become difficult and drag me feet or become deafened from the truth. She is always challenging me and pushing me to strive for more. She never doubts my abilities in all that I do and all that I am capable of doing, or God's abilities to work in and through my life. Amy has opened my eyes to see the world in a new way through her example and honesty within her own spiritual journey. My outlook on myself has been drastically changed through the grace of God's work in my life, much through Amy and her persistance in calling out the goodness and beauty in my life. It is because of Amy's love for me, through the love of Jesus, that I am able to find the goodness in my life daily and to love others. My life has been changed through the work of God in Amy's life in more ways then one, and I will be eternally thankful for her life and the blessing she has been in mine.
I am so thankful for all that we have been able to share in life- from the simple things over coffee, to monumental spiritual milestones, to spending time loving on people in 3rd world countries. And even as time and business have taken over and we have be caught up in our lives more often lately I cherish every moment I get to spend with Amy. I know that even as our time together is fewer and far between she will always have a special place in my life. I have been blessed with such an amazing women who loves me unconditionally, who sees the greatness in my life and challenges me to strive for it; for a women who accepts my faults and praises me for my accomplishments; for a women who loves Jesus with all her heart. I am thankful for her support and encouragement, for her blessing over the woman I have become and her joy over what the future holds for me.
I will forever be thankful for the community and family God has provided me with to help me grow and learn to live in His kingdom. I have learned what love really looks like through living life with Amy. I've learned what a family looks like through all the tears and laughter, and support for one another that we have shared over the years. I wouldn't trade any of these moments for the world. I look forward to sharing many more seasons of life with Amy, continuing to learn and grow in who I am created to be.
Words cannot express how much I love this woman and I don't have enough space to share how many ways in which she has impacted my life. I know, wherever life takes me, Amy will be with me, apart of who I am, woven into my heart, and in prayers encouraging and blessing me on my journey. As she always reminds me the best is yet to come, and I cannot wait to see where and what that will look like for the both of us.
I could not ask for a better mother to provide for me, teach me, bless me and send me into the world.
Here is to my spiritual mom, Amy. I love you so much and always will, xoxo!
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