Jesus has blessed me with wonderful friendships over the years. Friendships that help me to understand the meaning of Proverbs 18:24
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
The one who sticks closer than a brother is Jesus. Jesus said in John 15:15
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
Jesus calls us friend when we come to faith in him. Friendship with the creator of all we see, friendship with our Savior is the most precious friendship we can experience.
Jesus has blessed me with many friends at church. They are friends who have met for coffee with me, given me rides to my rheumatologist in another city, gone on missions trips with me, and blessed me in many ways.
Jesus has blessed me with friends from many cultures. I have learned about the world through them and have been blessed by them in many ways. Having friends from many cultures gives me a whole new understanding of what Jesus said in John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
I consider many of my fellow bloggers friends. It has been a blessing to meet two of them in person, Alicia of forhispurpose.blog and Gary of garyfultz.com. So many other bloggers have blessed me with their posts, their comments, their encouragement, and some have partnered with me in ministry by donating to my ministry for Ukrainian refugees. They have done so anonymously so out of respect for that, I won’t mention names, but you know who you are so a BIG THANK YOU. Some have purchased my books and left positive reviews on Amazon. More about that in a future post.
So today I am thankful for friendship. What are you thankful for?
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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