Blessings

I was just thinking of how blessed I am in my Christian friendships. My three closest friends encourage me, support me, hold me accountable, and love me. Isn't God so good in providing the right people in you life to help you along? We do not always agree and sometimes we have to say difficult things to one another through the love of Christ, but this makes us no less dear in the hearts of the others.
I am not a person who has a giant network of friends and acquaintances. It is more my style to have a few very close friends, and to feel complete in those friendships. This is the way the Lord fashioned me to be. For a long time I worried about it. Should I be more social? Should I join in with more outside groups of people? Was my lack of needing more outside social activities a sign of being unfriendly? Then I realized that it was ok to be peaceful and happy with the small circle I have because this is what God had planned for me. It isn't that I am not open to more friends, I have just come to understand that I do not need many 'sometimes social' friends, and that I am a person who bonds deeply with a few people. I'm sure that if God chooses to enlarge my circle He will do so in the time He finds suitable. He has always done so in the past.
So I no longer feel guilty about not being a 'joiner'. My calling just isn't social butterfly, not that there is anything wrong with social butterflies. I admire their open personalities and enthusiasm, but the world is made up of many kinds of people, and I am not that kind. Currently my focus is on the Lord, my own small and growing family, the dear friends I hold in my heart, and my duties as a wife and mother. I need nothing else to make me whole, and I am thankful to God for the quiet life He has chosen to make mine.