Have you ever stopped to consider that other souls are the only things we can take with us to Heaven? I'm not saying that we can take anyone who doesn't want to go themselves, but in the end, all we really have worth anything in this life are family and good friends. With me, the line between family and friends blurs because I consider my friends as family too. As to my best friend, we've been together since we were dropped in the same playpen as little folks. She and I always say we're sisters, because we are, in fact, sisters in Christ, and we were pretty much reared together. If she wasn't at my house, I was at hers. I consider her family mine and vice-versa. She can be real with me and bust my chops and I won't be offended. I call her husband my brother-in-law.
I put a very high premium on all my friends because they're most precious to me. I hope I never, ever take one of them for granted. Nothing's more heart-rending to me than the death of a friendship. I've prayed not just for my own, but for other peoples' relationships. I'm finally seeing God answer those prayers, and I was so amped up about it last night that I couldn't sleep. That's why I stayed up a little longer and thought about what to write in this post.
God's Word has lots to say about friendships. Here are just a few things:
1. True friends are fiercely loyal (Prov. 18: 24).
2. True friends are few and precious (Eccl. 4: 9-10).
3. True friends can be trusted to tell you the truth and will give you sound advice (Prov. 27: 5-6, 9).
4. True friends bring out the best in each other (Prov. 27:17).
5. True friends won't lead you away from God (Psa. 119: 63; Prov. 12: 25-26; 13:20; 2 Cor. 6:14; Heb. 10: 24-25; Jno. 15: 14-15).
6. True friends forgive each other (Eph. 4: 32).
7. True friends practice unselfish love for each other (Jno. 15: 12-13; Rom. 12: 10-13, 16-18; 1 Cor. 10:24).
For all of my friends who might be reading this, you're worth more to me than anything material I could ever own. I love you all very, very much.
Love Ya,
God Bless!
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