Day 196 - Proverbs 12-17 (True Friendship)
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"A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity."
(Proverbs 17:17)
I have a wooden frame that has these words written on it: Faith, Family, Friends. I love that because it represents precisely what I value most in life in that order - my faith in God, my love for my family, and my treasure of friends.
Solomon could not have said it better when he wrote those words above about what a friend is. I am so blessed to have a few friends whom I know loves me at all times and vice versa.
Solomon qualified the kind of person who is truly a friend to someone - he is a brother born for adversity. The dictionary defines adversity as an adverse fortune or fate; misfortune; calamity. In other words, a true friend is someone who has my back covered.
As tempting as it may be for me to ask myself who is my true friend, I know that that is the wrong question. The right question for me to ask myself is who am I a true friend to? Who am I willing to help whatever it is they may need from me? Unless I am willing to be a true friend to someone, how can I expect another to be a true friend to me? As Solomon said,
"A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
(Proverbs 18:24)
"Dear God, help me to be a true friend to those few people whom You have called me to be there for them in their time of need. I thank You for the friends You have given me. Help me to love them much more than they love me. Amen."
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