You've Got A Friend

Good Morning!! As adults, friendships are not so easy to define, or identify,...at least not like when we were young. We grow up, we grow distant,...and we get too busy to spend the time it takes to maintain friendships. But that's not how Jesus intended friendships to be. As adults, we need to remain childlike,...but not childish. Children do not worry about the boundaries or the real motive behind every spoken word. They just want a friend,...someone to hang out with. Jesus talked about friends as; someone willing to lay down his life for another. Maintaining friendships as adults is difficult because true friendship does “not [seek] its own” desires (1 Corinthians 13:4); true friendship is selfless and giving.

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.—Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV)

Jesus is our perfect example of friendship. He laid down His life just for us, because He is our true Friend. Today, we can take comfort in knowing that no matter what happens, Jesus is always with us. Do you have a friend or companion who is there for you? Regardless of how alone we may feel at times, we need to take heart in knowing that Jesus is always our Friend, and He is the best one of all, for He will never leave us nor forsake us.

People need each other, in good times, and bad.
Open up, and let someone in.

Father God, help us to be the friend that someone is in need of, right now. Let our love and kindness mirror that of Jesus. Amen.
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"A Christian is one who makes it easier for other people to believe in God"