“Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”
Colossians 3:13 NLT
As I come to the end of my time in Australia before returning to Nepal, we are doing some prayer and fasting. The friend I am staying with has a multitude of visitors and entertains regularly. Yesterday another friend and I were working on recovering the dining chairs for my friend and we were tired, hungry and grieving the death of another friend and tempers were being tested. We were needing supplies so I sent the other two out while I stayed and played some worship music. The air cleared! My friends returned to a new atmosphere. I left the music on until we completed the task. What a difference! Why struggle through a bad atmosphere when a godly one can change the dynamics.
So often we need a godly perspective on friendship. All can be navigated with Him in control. I am reminded that Jesus demonstrated good friendship. He spent three years with a bunch of misfits and worked with them. He did not advertise for the perfect people. At least one man came to Him claiming to not sin and wanting to inherit eternal life. That young man was rich and so Jesus told him to sell his possessions and give the money to the poor. That young man walked away.
The perfect friends cannot be found. We are all sinners saved by grace. We need to remember that! Amen!
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