I've been thinking about friendship a lot since I wrote a few days ago. I realized that perhaps I'm greedy. After all, God has blessed me with a helpmate in Scott. He's the best friend I have here on earth, the only person I never get tired of being around, the only person who has chosen voluntarily to stick with me to the end (my parents and sisters are stuck with me!). We have been through a lot together, and with God's help and the support of our family, church, and friends, our relationship has strengthened through it all.
I've also realized that while we humans were created to be with other people, all I really need is God. My relationship with Him should be strong enough, and my heart should be so focused on Him, that I look to Him to ease the aches and pain and loneliness in my heart. People let you down, move away, grow apart. But God is unchangeable and only He provides full and endless joy.
So while I think it's OK to want friends and worthwhile to work on being a better friend, it's unfair and perhaps even sinful to expect people to fill a need that only God can.
