"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

Random:
I totally looked up the word segway - GOOD thing because on dictionary.com it is described as a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels.
I found the proper spelling of the word I was actually looking for so I could say this:

Since I can't think of any proper segue into this...
My myspace name is leahpeah, and since it caught on so well, I figured I'd try and pick a new old nickname for my new blog.
Leahpeah was a teasing-like nickname from childhood friends, leahbeah is an endearing nickname given to me by my mother. =)
(I'm sure no one cares, but I figure you're supposed to introduce something when you create a blog for the first time...)

So now that you know why I chose my name, I chose my url because I love Stacie Gonzalez, currently known as IE because of the two Stacey/ie's in our homegroup.
IE helped me create my blog. Hence the url.
I'm a simpleton at heart, really.

Those who are in Mo's homegroup know this because they know me.
I had been praying for good close friends who were in the same stage of life that I wanted to be in, and although I didn't see it at first, God oh-so-greatly answered my prayer.

This place has grown to be a place of warmth, love and comfortableness (for lack of an existing word - sorry Stacey Laurel - aka Estacia! lol)

Today when I left that place, I felt hope again.
For so long I had given up on myself and those closest to me. I'd been on an "emotional rollercoaster" (for lack of a more unique phrase) ever since I saw what God wanted me to do. I'd get on fire to do it, then I'd get discouraged and fall.
I'd gotten so immune to this rollercoaster, that it no longer made me sick.
But opening up tonight, talking about things, knowing that someone will be there to encourage me when I need it, knowing that they WANT to be there, just fills my heart with joy.

I thought I was going to have to do so much on my own, so I'd suck it all up to myself and put a sweet little smile where tears were just minutes ago.
Tiring, but my belief was that this was just the burden I'd been given to deal with on my own.
Of course I suffered spiritually because of that belief - and spiritual affects all dimensions of the body.
No one is made to carry others around them spiritually. If that were the case, we'd have to worry, but we are not permitted that burden.
I had to first give my burden to God, and finally share the fact that I am weak with other humans who are just like me.

These friends are willing to cry with me, open up to me, and NEVER judge me.

Sure, I've had friends like that before, but these friends are different.
They're God-driven, and that makes the biggest difference in the world.

I told myself I had to do things alone, but there is a reason God created the church.
Although I'm a part of our great big church which will go out and do great big things, if I wasn't with this group of guys and girls, I'd be missing out on the soul of the church - the place God made to go and know that you've got people rooting for you.

Give your burdens to God, share your experience with friends.
Cry together, laugh together, even screw up together (just don't make that a habit lol) but most of all, pray together and share the Word of God.
Even if at first you don't think they're so much "your type", choose a circle friends that you can make God the center of, then wait...

love will show up in the midst of your pain.