Day 138 Friendship...

Such a powerful word, because inside of it is the stirring of many different emotions. It might remind someone of a friend that once was, passed away, decided to quit talking to the person, once betrayed them, ignored them, did not stick up for them. Or this word could extract a beautiful bundle of wonderfulness. Kind, loving, has integrity, always knows the perfect advice, listens very well, gives great hugs, calls just to say hi, knows your dirty laundry but no judment ever comes from their mouth. These are just a few of the characteristics of friendship. I guess my favorite place in the bible about friendship is when God called Abraham his friend. Wow. There is not much to add to that. The very God that breathed and there was light stepping out of nothingness, life came from dirt, the heavens and the earth were created by just his words. Think about that for just a moment. Friendship is something God designed for us to have with him, the purest of friendship. His unconditional love for us, forgiving our sins while we were still in sin, forgetting about our sin, redeeming us as though we had not sinned, and inviting us to have the most amazing friendship with his son Jesus. Jesus spoke that we should forgive those that have wronged us, wow how hard is that. I mean sometimes it is just not fair....well, but Jesus said do that anyway, just let it go. God is the judge and we have the power to pray for that person, love them, and move on with our lives. God will send us other friendship to draw us closer to him in a great way. I pray that God would reveal his ultimate friendsip to you one step at a time, and first he is introducing himself, what kind of first impression do we have of him? What kind of first impression did he get of us? Will the conversations be awkward? Will I want to hang out again? The most amazing thing about forming a relationship with him is this simple thing, he will never fail us, we can always count on him. He also loves to talk with his children, and he loves to listen to us all at the same time!