Hi there, thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast.

My name is Crystal Evans Hurst, and I'm your host, thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast

that's designed to help you live your life well and to make it a life you love.

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Hey there, have you ever wondered how in the world with your busy life you can make time for really deep, good, solid friendship?

Well, I think I have a pretty busy life and I've learned a thing or two about how to make room.

Can't wait to talk to you about it.

Hi, my name is Crystal Evans Hurst, if it's your first time here because it's always somebody's first time.

Welcome, be sure to let me know in the comments that you're here. I'd love to meet you.

I am here because every week I'm actually live with my inner circle sharing content and the overflow of that content gets shared here with you.

I am really excited about the opportunity to talk about friendship. Why?

Because part of the reason why we even have an inner circle membership is because people will tell me, Crystal, I can't find my people.

I can't find people that love Jesus and are wanting to meet their goals or that love Jesus and want to be good in their marriage or that love Jesus and they want to understand how to be emotionally and mentally well.

Like, can we live our best practical lives in community and so the inner circle exists to help us find community online to talk about real life issues in the light of faith?

In friendship, though, in your real life, even if you have friends online, it matters.

Like, it matters that somebody knows where you live and it matters that somebody knows if you haven't been a church.

It matters if somebody hasn't talked to you in a while and if they haven't talked to you, they can just show up on your front door step and knock on the door.

Ask me how I know.

I want you to experience real, deep life changing friendship, but I know one of the biggest barriers to experiencing this type of relationship is time.

So I wanted to talk to you a little bit about how you can make time, how you can prioritize and how you can make room for something that is going to be so important and significant in your life.

The first thing you need to understand is that friendship, the idea of being someone's friend, acquaintance, or super, super close confidant, this is a gift from God.

Community is a gift from God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit exists the three in one. God Himself is a God of community and He wants you to be known.

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