LIFE APPLICATION TRUTH-FRIENDSHIP
JOHN SHIRK – From Proverbs 17:17.
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Friends have a way of multiplying our joys and dividing our sorrows. One story of true friendship in the Bible is between David and Jonathan. The Bible says that Jonathan loved David as he loved himself. Jonathan spoke well of David. He looked out for his protection when he was in danger. David knew that he could trust Jonathan’s word. Those are the qualities of friendship where there is a mutual level of respect and honesty with each other. True friends keep each other’s secrets. We open the window of our soul a bit wider to a friend than other people, having the confidence that they will love us through our strengths and weaknesses, and we will do the same for them.
Jesus talked about friendship with His disciples in John 15:13. He said, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.” The next day, He died on a cross, expressing the purest form of friendship this world has ever known. As we follow Jesus, He teaches us how to be a good friend.
Being a faithful friend represents Jesus and is a vital sign of a changed life in the Year of Transformation.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com
A Blessing From God
What a blessing it is
To have friends that care;
That make time to give you,
With whom you can share.
What a blessing it is
To have friends that pray,
That share in God’s love,
And His almighty way
What a blessing it is
To have friends that love,
Who are made for and brought to
Us, from above.
What a blessing to me
The friends that I have.
When one says, “God bless you,”
I know that He has.
Lucinda Berry Hill