Good Friends

A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 HCSB

Trial tests friendship. Trial is good as we need to know the nature of our friend making. If our friends desert us then we have built with wood, hay and stubble. If they remain and stick by us then we have built with gold and precious stones.

I have been mindful for the need for making real friends in Connect group particularly. When I first joined the Connect group I struggled in many ways: there were some very outspoken and domineering people in the mix; a woman with an ill-disciplined child; my hearing was not good. Yet I persevered.

Over time I have had need of friendship and an ear to listen, it has been there. Last week we met and we prayed together. It was a good meeting and I came away knowing we finally had the mix right. Yesterday I needed to talk and again the ear was there. Where would I have been without my Connect group?

My dear mum is visiting and loves me dearly but she is unable to help in the area needed. This is where good friends count.

Friendship built around Christ is imperative. He is the Way; the Truth and the Life. Amen!