I value friendship more than just about anything in this world. I have noticed that the term “friend” has been used very loosely in more recent times. Good friendships are one of the biggest influences of happiness and peace in our lives and yet it seems as though there is so little time for them due to the busyness of life. There is a story of a son who had asked his father to call 50 of his friends and invite them to his wedding. The dad said that he would. The day of the wedding, the groom only sees 15 of his friends there. The son goes to the father puzzled and asks why there are so few people from the list that he had given him. The father said that he had done what his son had asked… with a twist. He’d invited all 50 friends and told them that the son was in trouble and he needed help. He gave them the time and location of the service. The son quickly came to realize the truth of friendship is not in the number of those around you but in the quality of those that are willing to be there for you in your time of need. Those who came rushing to the wedding, thinking that their friend was in imminent danger are the ones that valued him. Those who ignored the plea, were the ones that were not in his life for what they could give to him, but for only what they could get from him. I have learned the hard way that just because someone says that they are my friend doesn’t make it true, many times there has been a huge void in my greatest times of need. I covet the friendship written about in *1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.* I am blessed to have a few people in my life that I believe would do that for me and more. They check in on me, return my call, text me back, they are intentional to make sure we stay connected. The one aspect that truly sticks out to me is that certain individuals who I thought should care for me don’t, and show it when I have said that I am not doing well and they go about their business as if I didn’t exist. Genuine friendship is not about being there when it is convenient, it is about being there for someone when it isn’t. I want to be more than just an acquaintance with the people around me, I endeavor to be intentional in being their friend and not just friendly. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog
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