Day 18 - Good Times

So its Saturday...the weather is so beautiful. Last night it was nice and cool out (finally). Ralph and I went to a friends house to hang out after teaching class. We spent time preparing and eating vegetarian "Daniel-Fast Friendly" meals. It was so much fun. I'm learning new recipes each day to help us through this long 40 days of just brown rice, fruits, vegetables, sprouted grains and fish. I'll post up later, a few really cool recipes that I've come across. Anyway, we made fresh hummus last night for the first time. It was an okay attempt. We enjoyed it either way. ;o) Then we sat around talking and laughing for hours. It was great! Its nights like those that prove to me that we don't have to go anywhere and spend lots of money to have a good time. Just quality time with great friends laughing. It makes me realize just how blessed Ralph and I are.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 - (The Value of a Friend) - Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

I mean, there are so many people that don't have friends or just great acquaintances even. So many people long to have great friendships but go about it with the wrong intentions. If you are there to rely on friendships for validation or self esteem, or to fill an empty void you