Joy and pain

I have come to find that in my own life, the single thing I take for granted the most is other people. When I moved away from home last August, I didn't realize how much the relationships I had would change. A funny thing happened when I didn't live 10 minutes away from my best friend anymore; we hung out less, but we talked a lot more, and our relationship kind of did a 360. Things weren't bad before, but they're so much better now, and I think it's kind of funny that God used distance to bring us closer. God also saw fit to use geographic closeness with another friend to bring distance, and even though it's been hard and incredibly painful at times, I know that God has a purpose for this. In the joy of closeness and in the pain of distance, I will choose to be thankful for the ways God has used these relationships to bring me to Him.