So lately there has been a lot of changing in my friendships. I have been in arguments with friends and we just weren’t agreeing on things. I was so sad and I couldn’t imagine being without those friends. So today we made up and I feel good about it. And it made me think.
Before we made up I was always thinking like, “Remember when…” I couldn’t handle that things were changing, so I would think about how things used to be. Not how they were. I would think about what we were like instead of thinking about what we could be. I was thinking about the past instead of trying to fix the present situation and move to the future.
Then my youth group leader prayed for me. I think this really helped me. After her praying for me I was able to trust that God would help me through this. And later we went to coffee and just talked about the whole situation which was really great. God showed me his love through her and also showed me what a great friend she is! 
Today, after we made up, I kind of felt free. Free because God had helped me with a tough situation. And free because now if I am fighting with a friend, I see the situation from a new perspective. Every fight with my friends is going to be frustrating and might hurt. Every fight is going to teach me about God in some way. And every fight is going to make me stronger.
I don’t know if I will always be “best friends forever” with my friends right now. But at this point in my life I am. I just know that God is always in control and will pick my friends for me and know who is right in my life. If He ever shows me that my current friends are not right for me then I have to be brave and follow what he tells me. It will be very hard and very hurtful, but in the end God always knows what is right for me. And I need to trust that he always will.
So I hope that in the future, if I think back and think “Remember when…” I will think of how God has my life in his hands. And I want to think back on the good times I had with my friends, how they have shaped my life, and how God is always here for me
Oh Dang :/