The Story of Jack of All Trades and Sarcastigirl (Episode I)

On June 17th, 2012 I began my two month stay in Maryland. I would spend just over 8 weeks with people who would teach me what a friendship is.

When I arrived in Maryland, everyone who I had to work with had to create a nickname for themselves. I wanted a name that nobody had ever had. After long chats with my mom, it finally came to us, she said my name should be Sarcastigirl. It was perfect. What would be my superpower? You got it. Sarcasm.

You can ask any of the people I worked with that summer, I lived up to my name. However my name only played a little part in my summer. This summer would be the summer I would meet an amazing lady that would change my life. Her name? Jack of All Trades.

In 2010 I had met a young lady while visiting my parents in Maryland. She was my age and really loved Rita's. She was even kind enough to bring me one, even though she didn't know me at all. She truly had a servants heart. We would add each other on Facebook but the friendship wouldn't really go any farther.

Two years later we would be reintroduced and a friendship blossomed faster than you could imagine. During the 8 weeks we spent together we built a relationship nobody could break. As we made our way home from camp, her to California and me to Minnesota, we knew we were going to make this friendship work.

Now its been over a year since I have seen her. Our friendship is stronger than it has ever been. We know that no matter what, we will be there for each other. I thank God everyday that he has put this amazing, Godly example in my life. On days I am discouraged, she is there to lift me up. When her friends turn their backs on her, she knows that I am a set of ears to listen and vise versa. John 15:13-17 says, "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit-fruit that will last-and so that whatever you ask in the name of the father will give you. This is my command: Love each other." These verses remind me so much of our friendship. A true friend will stand up for you. The last sentence says everything. To have a friendship you must love each other.

I want to leave you thinking about your current friendships. Would you lay down your life for you friend? Do your friends discourage you or tear you down? Do you love each other?  In December of 2013, Jack of All Trades and Sarcastigirl will be reunited. Distance doesn't make friendships any easier,  but with God, he makes it possible to have a friendship no matter the distance.