Who's your best friend?

I woke up this morning and had a thought to go to the library to do my studying and writing for all of my finals.  After breakfast, scripture study, cleaning and organization, I showed up at noon ready to focus and bang out a ton of projects.  Instead I ended up laughing and talking with a friend I hadn't seen in forever; we talked till 5 this afternoon.  Study time ended up being a relax and enjoy life session.  But little did I know that this friend had just gotten out of a relationship.  In one word... he was MISERABLE!  Well for five hours we sat and talked about love, romanticizing, dating, marriage, friendship, relationships and life.  Friends joined our table throughout the day bringing other conversations and laughs to our table.

As I sat there, I realized that I'd had practically no social life for the last week because I was so busy doing projects for my finals.  All I had been doing was sitting in my apartment, doing projects on my computer, reading scriptures, eating, occasionally running, icing and compressing my knee and watching whatever TV show happened to be floating on the screen during my meals.  So sitting there, offering advice, wisdom, comfort and laughing with friends about stupid stuff was exactly what I needed.  My friend later told me that he had been looking for someone to talk to that morning. 

The way the gospel has blessed my life is helping me understand that the Lord can be one of our best friends.  A young man I admire once said, "I talk to God everyday.  He is my best friend."  The Lord truly can be our best friend.  He knows us better than we know ourselves.  When we live our lives in such a way that the Lord is involved, there truly is sunshine.  I'm grateful to have that knowledge and comfort.