What do you value?

There's been a lot on my mind with the recent news of a dear sister and friend who's going to another church. On one hand I can totally under why she's moving, but on the other hand, I question if I have really been a friend or a mere fellow church mate to her. While I totally enjoy her company and have been blessed and in return she too have left footprints of her in my life but it got me wondering if I've been treating people from church as a church mate than a friend. Getting together only to have cell, to have meetings, seeing each other only in church, to talk about ministries, but not being friends. Friends who can just hang out together, chat, have fun, catch up on each other's lives, friend who can share without feeling condemantion like they will jump and preach at you. Friends were there are no need for fences, friends that you can let down your guard and know you'll still be accecpted, be loved, be treasured, be cherished.

And I think that's how I've been treating my cell members too. Concerned about their spiritual growth, that I neglect being their friend. Just wanting to pray with them, than just hang out with them. Not that praying together, spurring one another in our faith is not important but I feel that I have not treasured them as friends enough.

It was one of my new year resolutions to be more generous this year. Be it in my time, my affections, my energy, my resources, my abilities, with whatever I can give. And I want to spend more time with my friends, friends whom I may see so often but never had time to sit down and chat, friends from sch, friends from the past and my family.

One thing that I really value? Am I allowed to mention more than 1?
I value people. I value friendship. I value kinship.
I value people...