“If I take offense easily;
if I am content to continue
in cold unfriendliness,
though friendship be possible,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
Written By: Amy Carmichael
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“We live, in fact, in a world starved
for solitude, silence, and private:
and therefore starved for meditation
and true friendship.”
“Friendship is unnecessary,
like philosophy, like art…
It has no survival value;
rather it is one of those
things that give value
to survival.”
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“Friendship is born at
that moment when one
person says to another:
What!
You too?
I thought I was the only one.”
Written By: C. S. Lewis
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Friendship
I have been told many times through
out my life if a person has ONE TRUE
FRIEND….then that person is Truly
Blessed and Truly Rich…..
And I agree completely.
To many times we think we need to
look like we have 20 besties….
but in fact each of us really
have less than five truly best
friends that we can call upon
day or night to help us in
our time of need.
Friends that we can
cry with,
laugh with,
dance with,
sing with,
be silly with,
be serious with,
and sometimes even
be fussy with…..
We can let our hair down…
No makeup….
We can run around in our P.J.’s,
with backdoor visits….
sitting at the kitchen table
with a great cup of tea
and a warm conversation 😀
I am so very, very grateful for all
the women in my life I can call
my friend….
And I am very grateful for all who
call me their friend 😀
But I am honored by the few that
I am truly besties with 😀
Those ladies that know my
deepest inner–most secrets….
good or bad…..
And they love me anyway…LOL
And I know theirs 😀
I love you ladies!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
But I want to take friendship to a new
level……
A friendship with Jesus…
A friendship with God….
A close friendship with the Holy Spirit….
Now that is truly the
best-est of the best-est
and the greatest of greatest
friendships that any of us
could ever have!
😀 amen 😀
John 15:12-16 a NIV
“My command is this:
Love each other as
I have loved you.
Greater love has no one
than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s
friends.
You are my friends if
you do what I command.
I no longer call you
servants, because
a servant does not know
his master’s business.
Instead, I have called you
FRIENDS, for everything
that I learned from my
Father I have made
known to you.
You did not choose me,
but I chose you…..”
Written By: Evangelist Sherrill McDonald
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A Friend in Need
FRIENDSHIP gives license to show up at the door
of need with out asking,…
“When would you like me to come?”
or
“What would you like me to do?”
Nor does FRIENDSHIP call out,
“Just let me know if you need anything.”
Practiced FRIENDSHIP whispers,
“I’ll be there”
and promptly steps through
the door with sensitivity,
respect, and understanding.
But what about honoring the right to invite?
Those who wait for parchment invitations
wait long, for need rarely throws a party–
rarely even has a voice.
Yet need has its own needs.
It needs protection from strangers
tromping in with work boots and good
intentions.
And it needs relief from acquaintances
wearing the spiked heels of advice
and pat answers.
Need waits with longing for the familiar
entrance of dear ones who pad
barefoot through the soul on
ordinary days.
Written By: Susan L. Lenzkes
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Let me ask you…..
Are you a friend that is a giver,
encourager, comforter, listener,
and holder of wonderful fun
memories?
Or
Are you a friend that is to wrapped
up in your own life and your own
issues…To busy to be available
to anyone else?
What if Jesus was only available
to His friends when He was not
busy?
Just something to think about….
Evangelist Sherrill McDonald
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