A friend of God

Well, D-day is rapidly approaching.  In exactly one week, I will be gone from my comfortable little orientation bubble, living in a completely different environment, away from all of my my friends and family.  The thought of being all on my own is a really scary and overwhelming thought.

But the great thing is that I won't really be alone.  The Lord has called us His friend.  How awesome is that??  It never ceases to amaze me that the Creator of the universe, the Alpha and the Omega, the Omniscient One, wants to be my friend.

But, to put it simply, He does.  I don't understand it, it doesn't make sense to me.  But that's why He is God and I am not :).  What I do now, however, is that He has promised to give us strength.  "Do not fear," He says, "for I am with you."  How grateful I am that God is faithful, and never leaves us.  Or leaves us friendless, for that matter.

Isaiah 41:8-10

 ⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant,
   Jacob, whom I have chosen,
   you descendants of Abraham my friend,
⁹ I took you from the ends of the earth,
   from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;
   I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you;
   do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
   I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.