Who Am I That You Are Mindful Of Me?

As I said before, life is beautiful right now, but God took it to a new level tonight. I won't go into too much detail, but I have to write something. I never think moments like this are on accident. Myself and my friends talk often. We spend the evenings with each other and chat; it's just part of our routine. Tonight, though, God led us into a deeper understanding of each other. It was incredible.

In college, you meet people from so many places. Some people you may have gone to highschool with. Some people live locally. Some people live across the country. Some people have lived 10 minutes from your house and you never knew until you met in a completely different place. You meet and develop friendships with people from everywhere, with different upbringing, different quirks, different struggles. Coming to college can be a bit overwhelming. Sometimes you feel alone despite all the life going on around you, but I think there's a deeper lonliness when you feel isolated in a circle of friends that you just assume won't understand your past. I think everyone has had a battle that they can't even imagine someone else has faced. And that may be true, but what I don't think most of us realize is that despite what our battles are or were, everyone has faced something.

God made us relational, but it's human nature to be selfish. It's not easy to take time, much less go out of your way to consider someone else's situation. But man, I love when God makes nights like these for us to just drop everything and surrender, to take a moment to realize that we're not alone in our struggles. And not just realize that, but to be able to uplift each other, be accountable for each other, and understand each other. God makes the time to think of us, and we do our best (sometimes) to make time to think of Him. We spend time deepening our relationship with God and understanding Him. So shouldn't it be obvious that we should make the time to think of others and deepen our understanding of each other?

Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me, when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it's amazing

I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God
I am a friend of God
He calls me friend

God Almighty
Lord of Glory
You have called me friend