YOU'VE GOT FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES !

 

YOU’VE GOT FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES !

 

Country singer Garth Brooks sings a song (written by Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee in 1989) that was an instant hit with a cleaver tune and lyrics, he sings, “I’ve got friends in low places- where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away, and I’ll be okay.”

 When I first heard that song I thought, wherever you happen to find yourself, it’s good to have friends, but wouldn’t it be better to have friends in high places? What kind of friends will you most likely find in low places? Hopefully, good ones, but most likely, not a friend with the capacity to pull you up or elevate you. In order to elevate you, wouldn’t they most likely have to be on higher ground?

Friends can have a major impact on our lives- for good or bad. I’ve seen this in my own life, my children's and grandchildren’s lives as well as in the lives of countless others. I imagine that you’ve observed this impact friends can have in your own life’s experiences as well.

Most of the good friends in my life have come when I was in a good place doing good things.  Recently, we were privileged to be with some very good friends we met while serving a mission in Ukraine. We gathered at the Layton Temple for an open house tour, afterward, we all ate lunch together then attended the Taylorsville Temple open house for another Temple tour. We had a wonderful day with many dear friends!  I thought on that day and since then- how blessed we are to have made such great friendships with such amazing people! Every one of them has and continues to serve others selflessly. They are all very accomplished, loving, and positive people who radiate joy and goodness, not perfect people, just good people trying to be better through covenant making and covenant keeping.

We hope that you will try to surround yourself with good friends who have a desire to lift you up as you try to do the same for them.

Regardless of where you find yourself at any given time- always remember that you have friends in high places, loving friends and relatives who have gone before you and have already passed life’s tests as well as a kind Heavenly Father and a selfless Savior who have a plan for your happiness. They are willing and able to elevate you just as much as you’ll allow!

We’re so thankful that we have friends in high places, and we hope that you realize that you do too!

 

Much Love- The Grandparent Chronicles