Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
New Living Translation says Proverbs 18:24 like this: There are “friends”who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
There is a song that the Crabb family sang, called: I Am A Friend of God.
Isn’t that such an awesome, and humbling, thought?! God…who is rich in majesty…who knows everything there is to know about me…calls me, friend???!!
I get excited at the very thought! I also find such peace and contentment in that thought. To know that I can be a friend of God…well, just thinking about that possibility…it settles me somehow….
Today I’m grateful to know Jesus is my friend.
I’m also grateful today for every kind person who has lifted me up in prayer. Precious souls who have taken the time to speak to God concerning my needs. Those precious individuals who have spoken to me with edifying words, and who had the discernment to know when and what to speak (and not) to speak as they’ve walked with me along this life’s pathway.
Those gentle folks who have been so content to quietly walk along beside me, sometimes hand under my elbow (so-to-speak), and by this letting me know, without ever saying a word, that they indeed “had my back”. Individuals who I can laugh with, talk with, cry with, and be myself with.
I am richly blessed!
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