Deepening Friendships
Several years ago a friend of mine went through a divorce. The circumstances were common I suppose but they really caught me off guard because I had spent many hours with this friend and had no idea he and his wife were unhappy. It was sad for me to realize that our conversations were all superficial enough that somethings like that wouldn’t even come up. So I’ve started trying to intentionally deepen my friendships. I’m trying to set regular remote lunches and dare to ask about personal struggles and things I can pray for. It’s uncomfortable at times. But I want to be there to help if/when another friend finds himself in a similarly serious hardship. We’ll see how this goes.