You've got a Friend in Me

You are better off to have a friend than to be all alone . . . . If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble. Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 (CEV)

God didn't create us to be lone rangers. He saw that Adam needed someone and made Eve. He made us to fellowship with Him as well. We need each other, and I for one am so grateful for all the people God has placed in my life. When I am down HE provides someone to encourage me. I get the privilege of laughing and crying with my precious friends.

There is such blessing in the giving and receiving happens in a healthy relationship. I am so blessed when I get to help a friend. Of course it blesses me as well when they get to help me, but I really look forward to finding my opportunities to do something to bless my friends.

My family are my best friends, even though sometimes I take them fro granted or need a break from them. We all have to love each other unconditionally each and every day. That can be difficult at times since we are all sinful humans. But we are richer for it because we learn about the grace of God through our relationships.

How many people bail on a spouse because they are not meeting their needs? They are missing out on so much and don't even realize it! Marriage is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done, yet the most rewarding because each time we allow God to bring us through a storm, the sun shines brighter on the other side!

Thank you God for blessing me with godly friends, two wonderful sons and a husband that loves me no matter how sinful I am. Please help me be a blessing to all of them. Please help us all see each other as You see us, and pick each other up when we are down. Please help us resist the devil and be a light for You.

In Jesus name, Amen

Friends Are a Gift

Prov 17:17
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
(NIV)


I am so thankful for friends. I am blessed with many godly friends, but I have 2 very special friends, a close girlfriend and my husband. My husband is my very best friend, and I don't know what I would do without him. He listens to me when I am upset and helps me with difficult situations and decisions. He has committed to always be here with me through the good and bad times. He loves me even when I am not easy to love, and tries to minister to me and show me he loves me.

Prov 27:9
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
(NIV)

My close girlfriend is a blessing because I can talk to her and she will tell me the truth in love. She loves me for who I am, but she also loves me enough to tell me when I am wrong She is willing to give me sound spiritual advice, whether it is what I want to hear at that moment or not. Both my friend and husband laugh with me, cry with me and stand by me, making me feel loved. They both really step up to the plate when I am going through a particularly hard time.

Prov 18:24
24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
(NIV)

But I have a friend that never lets me down, and is always here for me no matter what, and He is God Almighty. I never have to feel alone because I know that He loves me with the purest love. He is perfect and never sins and loves me for who I am because He made me. He loved me so much that He sent His only Son to die in my place, taking the punishment for my sins. There is no greater love than that, and I am so grateful and in awe of a God that loves me like that.