Jess and Laura: the story of a timeless friendship

At times, I’ve wondered how other women survive without a “Jess” in their life. Before every speaking engagement and at every junction in my writing career, she seeks God’s heart for me and the audience or readers. Her health keeps her homebound now. But we have a set time to talk by phone when she shares what God has laid on her heart and prays for me. Her prayers launch me on every ministry adventure.

In the early days of our friendship, we met for a couple of hours every Friday afternoon while my toddlers napped, or pretended to nap. We sat with our Bibles open in front of us, praying around the world and back again, focusing many of our prayers on our family members and their needs, often with tears falling onto the pages.

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