At Last, One Which Makes the Heart Run Over

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is a last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is, at last, one which makes the heart run over.” - James Boswell.

15 February, 2023

Dear B_:

Life's tapestry is constantly stitching and unstitching. Whether we dance in the gentle breeze under a warming sun beam, or moan in the crucible of doom, God knows. God’s wisdom and ways, as apostle Paul declared in praises, are far beyond the understanding of us human beings. Because His grace transmuted us, we are now His portion. So through it all, God guides the paths of our life journey. He will keep the feet of His saints, and uphold them with the right hand of His righteousness (1 Samuel 2:9; Isaiah 41:10).

By His general grace, God has given us our friendship. He has also guided and upheld it by His tender mercy. Even though all of us are getting older in the sands of time, still, He has blessed us with the indelible footprint of memory - so our yesterdays remain. In the unpredictability of our world and lives, He has given us hope - so our tomorrow waits. And, even though not seeing each other as friends - so our today is one of recherché. O, how I would you a “sunset in a cup” at each dusk, overlooking the Huntington Harbor.

Ethereal memory, hope, and friendship are precious gifts you and I possessed and shared in this life time. It is God who bestowed these gifts to us. Truly and eternally, He has deigned to be our friend and counsel yesterday, today, and forever (Psalm 25:14; Hebrew 13:8).

Sooner or later, and more so in our old age, we become feeble in the yoke of sickness and disappointment. Yet by His grace and love, He will strengthen us upon the bed we are languishing, and carry us through (Psalm 41:3; Isaiah 46:4).

As always, you are the apple of His eye, and in the shadow of His wings.

L'