Families and Friendship

Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble. Proverbs 17:17 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/pro.17.17.MSG

It is amazing how you can fall out with your siblings but when trouble starts from outside the family, they are all in, usually.

Jesus' family did not believe in His claim to be the Son of God, but when He rose from the dead they were all in and two of His brothers wrote epistles in the New Testament and one in particular, James, became the head of the church in Jerusalem.

The apostles, primarily, with the exception of Paul, and of course Judas, who killed himself, were friends and went on to spread the good news of the gospel.

Both friends and family are important. The fall-outs with family can be quite intense but they are still family. You can choose your friends but you are stuck with your family, so make the best of your relationships with them.