Prov. 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, a friend sharpens a friend.
Friends are good to have. Friends are people that come into our lives
that we can lean on. They support
us. They encourage us. They help us when we need correction. They defend us against those who would attack
us. They love us and try to help us be
better people. They do not drag us down
or lead us into temptation. Everybody
needs friends in their lives.
Friends are necessary for fellowship. We need to be able to spend time with friends
and feed off their lives. We need to be
able to relax with people who will accept us for who we are and not for who
they think we should be. We need people
in our lives who make us feel good about being with them.
We should be careful on our selection of
friends. We need to befriend those who
have good character that we can trust and it takes time to discern those whom
we can really trust. Some people will
appear to be our friends, but will disappoint us when things go wrong. Some people will betray our trust in
them. Some will forsake us when it best
serves themselves.
Just as you need genuine, dependable friends in
your life, others you know need you to be a friend to them. They need to know that you can be depended on
to be a help and not a hindrance to their lives.
Are you good friend material? Only a heart that stays connected to Christ
can be counted on to be a true-blue friend.
Only Christ can help us to do what is right before God and right by
others. A person who is taking care of
his soul will take care of others. The
Lord needs us to be the real deal. There
are people you know who need a godly person in their lives. You will either sharpen or dull the life of
others. Stay spiritually sharp and you will
sharpen others so that they in turn can sharpen others.
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