have i not commanded you...

be strong and courageous? do not be terrified, do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go....Joshua 1:9

*the names and locations have been changed to protect the guilty*

man. what a week. although this is now old news, i awoke thursday morning to hear that mum had called Mrs. Josefina to tell her about the rumours I'd been hearing about Josefina's affiliations with drugs. this came as a bit of a shock to everyone and flung quite a bit of rage my way from a couple of my friends in particular.

yet oddly enough, this did not phase me...because as mad as they were, i had no doubts that what i did was the right thing to do. God obviously has a plan for everyone's life and I know that if he didn't want Josefina's mom to know about her doing drugs, he wouldn't have had me talk to mum about it and in turn, have mum talk to Josefina's mom about it.

i truly love and care for my friends, which is the only reason i did what i did.

mum later talked to mrs. josefina the next day at an awards assembley and relayed to me that mrs. josefina said josefina wasn't mad at me (ha) and that if all of us knew about her doing drugs and i'm the only one who did something about it, i'm the only true friend she has. :/
i don't know about that...i have no doubts that my other friends care about josefina...i'm just not sure they realized the gravity of the situation josefina put herself in. i will assume from their reactions to her doing drugs that they haven't had loved ones' lives ruined by drug use...for which i'm grateful, because i wouldn't wish that on anyone :( it's horrible...though i wouldn't have minded a little support. but what's done is done.
it turns out only one of my friends was seriously ticked about me trying to help josefina, and josefina called friday to say thank you and ask if we can just put it behind us...so whatever. cool beans, i guess. if she meant it, that's awesome, if not, then whatever. what's done is done and i'm cool with moving on.

trusting God in times of trouble brings such peace and, honestly, it feels amazing when things are going to pot (wow, bad un-intended pun) and He grants you with a spirit of peace and serenity.

Amen & Amen.
mjl.