“Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.” ~Charles Spurgeon
A few weeks ago I sat down to organize the pictures on my computer and back them up. My computer is getting older and I wouldn't want to lose all the memories I've gotten over the past few years!
As I looked through the pictures, and thought of all the friends the Lord has blessed me with, especially since He saved me, and I just had to thank Him. I have been blessed with the truest of true friends. I have found that to find real, genuine, godly friends, who really love you, and look out for you and want the best for you are so very precious! But God gave me friends just like that!! We can have many "friends," but the TRUE friends are few, and hard to come by!
Each one of my friends are so different, and yet, I see how God has used each one in a different way! One helps give me godly direction, is solid, steady, wise, and a constant friend to lean on, another is so good at being a comfort and has such a gift of compassion for a hurting heart (she also gives the best hugs that can make you feel better in an instant!). Another makes me laugh until I cry and my stomach aches, another encourages me with her gentle, sweet spirit that always sees the best, and another convicts me with the way she trusts everything to the Lord. They listen, they care, they give their time, are selfless. Their character is godly, and their character sharpens my own. I trust them. And that says so much! Each one is such a special blessing!
To have friends you can share your biggest burdens with, who "get" you, who you know without a doubt have your best interest in mind, is a gift from God. These are peaceful, unconditional, loving, solid, unwavering friends and I thank Him so much for providing these precious friends!
And it makes me want to be that kind of friend too! I want the Lord to make me to be the kind of friend who wants the best for them, who listens more than talks, is truly selfless and seeks to put others first, a friend who is trustworthy and never gives cause for my friends to fear I would do something to hurt them. I want to be steady, unwavering in my love for them. I want to make them laugh and smile and cheer their spirits and I want to be a friend that encourages them in the Lord! I love them so much, and don't know where I'd be without them. God is so good to give us friends...and I just happen to have gotten the very best of the best! :)
