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21May10

Saved By The Bell was always one of my favorite shows growing up. I always wanted to take Kelly on a date to The Max, help Zack with one of his schemes and give a high five to Mr. Belding. But, what I loved most about that show was the friendships. Zack, Kelly, Slater, Screech, Lisa and Jessie. There were a few others thrown into the mix here and there but those guys were tried and true BFF’s. They experienced life together. I always wanted, for a lack of a better term, a “crew” that I knew I could always count on.

Now, here I am. I get the pleasure of doing life with some pretty incredible people. We share life together. We laugh, we cry, we make fun of each other, we pray for each other and we keep each other accountable.

I’ve begun to realize that I don’t have enough time to focus on popularity contests.

In high school, and even early college, I got so caught up with trying to impress the “right people.” I wanted so bad to be thought of as “one of the guys” or make sure that I was invited to all the cool parties.

Now don’t get me wrong, I still want to be liked and told that I’m funny. I still want to have somewhat of a social life and be invited to the cool spots with the people that I love. But what’s happening in my heart and people’s hearts around me is far more important than the clothes we wear, the parties we get invited to or the number of “friends” we have on Facebook.

You see, my friends aren’t just people I text, go to movies with, make a Waffle House run at 1 a.m. or just hang out with. We are a community of believers that challenge each other to make a difference in our world for the Kingdom of God. I’m blessed to say that I do life with people who hold me accountable. When I make a stupid decision (which is pretty often) they call me out on it. When I complain too much or say something that’s innapropriate, they are there to, out of their love for me, put me in my place.

I don’t want you to think that my “crew” and I have arrived at some magical place of fairty tale friendship. We simply keep each other accountable, pray for each other, encourage one another and make sure we are all staying on the right track.

The most important thing about my friendships with these people is that they challenge me to be a better person.

That’s so important.

I used to hang out with people that didn’t want to talk about what the Lord was doing in their life, they flew off the seat of their pants and they talked about changing the world, but never hopped on the bus to make it happen.

This crew is different. We are committed to making a difference. We are committed to challenging each other. And most importantly, we are committed to following Jesus together.

If those you do life with aren’t making you a better person then you are doing life with the wrong people.

Now, Zack and Slater didn’t always make the best decisions but none of us are perfect right?

Find some people around you who love you for you, challenge you , encourage you, pray for you and keep you accountable. Surround yourself with those people and love them back. Do life with them. Make a difference with them.

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