Genesis 31

"May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other." (vs. 49) Although Jacob and Laban are making this covenant as a warning for misbehavior, I'd like to take this phrase and use it as a blessing. Since I've lived in 5 places over the last 10 years, I have friends all over the country. It is hard to nurture all of those friendships with the intensity I'd like. I wish all my friends from St. Louis, Chicago, DC, and Austin would up and move to Shreveport! But God is watching over us and our relationship...preserving those which ought to be preserved.