I have a friend. This friend challenges me. This friend supports me. This friend doesn’t always agree with me, but broadens my thinking. This friend encourages me in my deepness in Christ. This friend is beyond unique. This friend is Godly. And therefore I strive to know this person better and better!
The value and blessing of the friendship is priceless.
One of the number one requirements I have for those friendships is I choose to draw closest to is DEPTH! It says a lot about a person. I want to surround myself with:
People who care about others.
People who strive to know God more closely each and every day.
People who spread joy and hope to a lost world.
People are always seeking to grow and change and improve.
People who love…their God, each other, lost souls, and reach out to them all.
Take a look at your crowd. Who is in it?
In my life, my friend refuels me, she causes me to grow closer to God, and she moves me forward. I need my closest friends to be DEEP and thus, probably few. Jesus had VERY VERY few He was truly close to. Check it out. He reached out to ALL, but only drew a couple very close.
I thank God for those who continuously bring joy, love, depth, and growth into my life. I’m always looking for more of these people to know, to learn from, to engage. Friendship is a powerful and mighty asset in my Christian walk.
I thank my God every day for the amazing friends He has brought into my life. I am a better Christian woman each day because of their friendship. He wants me to connect.
Like I am doing with the friend I mentioned at the beginning… be purposeful, have intent to get to know her better, to learn from her, and to draw near her.
When I run across an extremely rare and precious the friend I have mentioned, I see it for the miraculous blessing that it is, and embrace it. I pray you will too have a friend like I.
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October 11, 2007 at 4:14 pm
One friend holds the wisdom.
One friend embraces God like nobody else.
One friend possess theological knowledge.
One friend has thoughtfulness beyond measure.
One friend exudes positivity that is absolutely addicting.
One friend looks at the world and its cultures like no one can.
One friend has the courage to speak her mind for what is right in this world.
One friend’s absolute strength to seek the righteousness of God despite the condition of this world.
One friend’s joy is so overwhelming that you are immediately in her world when she enters the room.
It is these traits that I desire for myself. All of my friends listed here are actually my teachers in a way. They are teaching me how to be the person that God wants me to be.
In their presence, I am but a mere student.
Beyond it all, I love each and every one them with all of my heart and soul. My wealth is beyond measure because of the people that I am bless to have within my life.
October 12, 2007 at 5:45 am
I do have a couple friends like this. It has taken me well over 30 years to find them…and to be one myself. They have changed my life!
October 13, 2007 at 1:02 pm
I have few friends like this so I cherish them even more. Don’t you just love that a true friend will call you on your stuff and still love you? Don’t you just love how you can share your deepest vulnerabilities? Of course, Jesus is my best friend. If you would have asked me four years ago, I had no friends like that and for SURE, I couldn’t have ever imagined that one day, I would call Jesus my friend, my best friend. And now, even though we’ve never met face to face, I see into your heart through your writing and I love knowing you!