Everyone Needs That Person

As someone who leads a small group, I believe really strongly in the importance of community.  We all need people in our corner.  We need a friend to cry with us, a friend to rejoice with, a friend who will pray for us, and (cause I’m a girl) a friend to shop with.  I want to add something onto this list, though.  We all need a friend who challenges us.  We need someone in our lives who makes us want to be a little better.  Some friends motivate us by simply living their life in a stellar way.  We see it and want to strive to be like that too.  Others verbalize their challenge on our lives.  They call us out or hold us accountable.

My husband has a friend that falls in this category.  Every time he hangs out with this guy, I notice my husband change for the better.  He’ll go grab wings with the guy and the next day I’ll see him jumping into the word and asking folks if he can pray for them.  Yesterday he grabbed lunch with this dude and came home with a juicer, talking about how he wanted to improve his health and break his family history of diabetes.

Those thoughts were always in my husband, he just needed someone to challenge him to rise up and be that person.  He needed someone who didn’t share his last name telling him that he could do it.

We all need that person.

Who is that person for you?