Day 99 – One of the sweetest gifts you’ll ever get is the gift of a true friend.
Today’s Reading: 1 Chronicles 12 – 14
1 Chronicles 12:17 “David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”
I can still remember my 1st best friend. She lived 2 farms away from me, and by foot or by car that wasn’t that far. Toni had a pool and every doll known to man (or at least it seemed). And just as vividly as I can remember my friend, I can also remember the day she moved away, the hurt I felt, my first broken heart. At that point, I knew what David knew about friendship, it joins your heart together in such a way that you feel like you are beating out of one heart.
Since this time I’ve had many best friends, great friends, and true friends. Some friends are for short seasons and some are for a lifetime. Friends are a treasure, a diamond in the rough, a shoulder to cry on, a giggle fest, but sometimes friendships can hurt. You may lose your friend, they may move away, they may deceive you, they may go on to eternity before you, or maybe they never were a true friend after all.
David saw both sides, Jesus saw both sides, and He knows we too will experience both sides. But Jesus opened His heart to both the friend and the fraud. He did life with His disciples and one chose to defy Him, but He opened His heart to him anyways. Luke 6:32 “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.” Treasure your friends for they are a gift, but show love to your enemies because you may be a gift for them.
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