Facebook has become the face of our friendship world. It gives us an opportunity to see how people are doing and an opportunity to connect quicker than ever.
What is friendship? Wikipedia defines friendship, "In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations."
In short, we have varying degrees of frienships but the intent is that it is closer than just knowing someone exists. The degree of intimacy, closeness, is up to each individual. I choose to get closer to some than others. Others I keep at an arms distance. I know you do the same.
Frienships are meant to be a part of your church family experience. You are meant to find a friend, someone you can be open with and be someone for others to open up with. Do you have that kind of friend in the church?
King David was a friend of Jonathan. Jonathan's father, Saul was king of Israel and desired to kill David over a jealous spirit. David was a mightier warrior than Saul and that produced an anger in Saul and it drove him to attempt murder of David. God protected David and used Jonathan to protect him. In I Samuel 20 we read about their last time together as close friends.
Read about it in I Samuel 20 or click to view http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+20&version=NIV (Click back arrow on web browser to return)
Do you have this kind of friendship in the church? Being new to Brighton Chapel, it will take some time but I look forward to friendships God will develop in my life in our church.
That is another reason why I love this church!
As you close: Thank God for friendships. Ask God for a good friend. Ask God to help you be a good friend to someone in our church!
God Bless!
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