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two hundred and twenty two

Woke up a bit groggy today because of the cloudy/rainy weather... ew...

Went to class and slept during it.. 

Professor: Obed? Did you get that? Do you understand this concept?
Me: *Wakes up* Sure... Of course!!!

The most eventful part of the day was definitely meeting up with Will and Kenzi, Sami + Selina later on in the night... Took Will around Myeongdong and I ended up buying a new pair of shoes.. zz...... -_-.

We then went to Sinchon (where Will was staying) and then Yongsan Electronics Market.. until finally Konkuk University to meet up with Kenzi, Sami and Selina... Hehe.. I had an awesome time!

At Konkuk, we had oven baked crispy chicken with a cheese chicken gratin for dinner... Yumm... and spent an hour at a cafe talking about poo stories and other humorous topics. Sami and Will left us at around 12 though because Sami had class and Will should probably rest up and recover as he was feeling a little sick... 
But Kenzi, Selina and I stayed out and resumed our deep yet fruitful chats in Gangnam. 

The topic of best friends came up... and I'm 100% supportive of having a best friend - someone who you keep closest to you out of all your friends... Someone who you can rely on for an open ear, comforting words and sacrificial gestures.
Of course, no one beats the ultimate Comforter and best friend found in Jesus Christ... But I do believe that there is no harm in having a close brother/sister who you can depend on to always remind you of the love found in Jesus Christ - a gesture most definitely innate in a 'best friend'.

Of course, the argument of favoritism does come up and most people view 'best friends' as creating a favorites list that specially excludes other 'lesser friends' from getting close to you. I don't believe this to be the case..

I think that there is a fine line between inclusive honesty and wise transparency. If everyone was your best friend and you told them all your deepest struggles, I don't think this is a wise gesture... There are struggles that should be shared among your most trusted brothers/sisters, and there are more surface struggles that may be more common to all and thus, less prone to gossip and damaging talk. 
The danger in having a closer bunch of friends (best friends) is that it becomes an idol - where you begin to trust their words over biblical truth. We have been blessed with close brothers and sisters to walk with us and share in our pain and happiness... but they weren't given to us to be idols and substitutes for biblical truth. The moment you become over-dependent on your best friend and not on God is when that danger arises.

But that being said... Here is a verse that sums up my view.

"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
Proverbs 18:24

I believe it touches on two aspects:
1) Friends in general may be more damaging than you think.
2) You will always at least have one friend who sticks by you at all times.

It's 3:13am now though... So I may call it a night....

Lots of work to do tomorrow!
=D

Good night!


Thankful: An awesome day/night with Aussie friends.. Another fruitful talk with Kenzi and Selina... Great encouragements those two..

Prayerful: Patience, love, focus, diligence and a genuine desire to get started on quiet times again.

Dangers: I feel I'm using my money too loosely...