Family Dynamics

There is a fine line between family and friends. Sure, there are your blood-related family, if anyone asked you would say, "Hey, this is my cousin" or "Oh yeah, that's my brother!". But what happens when your friends are closer to you than your actual family. Does that make them your family and you can simply disregard your blood relatives, of-course not. I would call Patty, Steven, Margo, Kati Jo, Sean, Makenzie, Aaron, Joe, Rachael, Ryan, Emily, Evan, Annie, Lisey, Emma, Makenzie, ETC. my family. But I'd also call Beth, Barbara, Judy, Bill, Logan, Ramona, Norma, Dale, Evlynn, Derek, Monica, Dennis, Richard, Robert, Eladio, ETC. my family. It's pretty crazy this whole body of Christ v.s blood family deleo. I LOVE my friends, and I LOVE my family. Wow. I'm real blessed.
I was thinking about how what if all my friends were blood related. Yeah, if we went on family vacations and stuff (that would have to be BIG van!!) together. Sean would be the struggling musician who always came home on weekends to borrow a little extra cash to buy guitar strings; Makenzie would be the globe-trotting chick that we always looked forward to hearing from via paper and pen whenever she took a second to jot down her latest adventure oversees; Steven would be the mature one always speaking truth into our lives and making sure we knew how to rough and tumble with the best of em'; Annie, Kati Jo and Lisey would always be there to make sure we never took ourselves to seriously and remembered who was in charge of our lives; Patty would be the one you could always count on for a good ab workout (laughter) and a listening ear, but she'd make sure you didn't whine for long and that you saw the situation for what it was. ETC.

Life is good. God is good. He's faithful when I'm not and I have people to remind me of that daily. I'm blessed to have a HUGE family of people who's love and wisdom has shaped much of who I am today.