The center of the weekend was this wonderful musical about so many things but mostly about friendship. Elphaba and Glinda are two very different people who start out hating each other but learn to become friends and appreciate the best qualities in each other. The climax of the play is this song they sing to each other called "For Good". Below is a YouTube video with the music and the lyrics.
These are beautiful words. It made me think about all the friends that I have had that have left "their handprint on my heart," as the words in the song say. Of course the one that I thought about the most was my dear friend, Mary Charlotte, who went to be with Jesus almost a year ago. I also thought about how I want this to be my legacy, that someone would say that I have made a difference in their lives for good. In my devotion time I read from Acts 10 about Barnabas who became that kind of friend to Paul. I wonder what would have happened if he had not had the courage to convince the other disciples that Paul was truly changed after meeting Christ. God does put people in our lives who make us better, even though those relationships are not always easy, just like the relationship between Paul and Barnabas had difficulty when they disagreed about John Mark. Later on you see Paul mentioned Barnabas. I think that there must have come a time when they apologized to each other and forgave each other, just like Elphaba and Glinda.
I was also so grateful again for Matt and his family. We have been so blessed by them in just the short time we have known them. It was Brian and Sheryl who made the original plans to go and invited us along. It was such fun to be with them and I think we talked the whole way to Atlanta and back.
It was also good to get to see David and Lizzie who joined us for supper. So for one wonderful meal at the wonderful Italian restaurant, my family, both old and new were together. A special, special time.
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