God works in strange ways
I designed and launched this blog several weeks ago but I have been having a hard time composing my first post. I have several drafts saved on different topics, none of them finished, but none of them felt right. Now I have something that I need to share. I have a friend who struggles with mental illness. We became acquainted in an unusual way and led to a friendship starting in a way that could only be a God thing. We have known each other for about three years now and our wives have become close friends too. My friend, lets call him Tom, has had a habit of ruining friendships after while when people get too close. He has tried this a couple of times with me over the years but apparently I'm too stubborn to run away. Well, he was very close to success this time. You see, through Tom's struggle with mental illness he has always degraded himself to himself and others. As have gotten to know him better I have recognized that he has been in a self-defeating cycle for a long ti