They Will Know That We Are Christians By Our Friends

First Published May 12, 2010

I am blessed to have a great number of wonderful friends. But recently a friend did something I would not do. It made me wonder about how my friends define me. I think that friends reflect who we are and who we admire. And since I am a Christian, I need to ask myself, "How do my friends reflect me as a Christian and the Christ, whom is my Lord?"

Well, it's not as if we put coins into a machine and select our friends! Friendship is tough. We may be called upon to shoulder our friend's burdens.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17

We need to keep our motives in check.

He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend. Proverbs 22:11

We should pray for our friends.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again
and gave him twice as much as he had before. Job 42:10

Our friends need us and we need them.

If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:10

Our friends know that Jesus is our best friend.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends John 15:13

Today let us dwell upon what it really means to have friends and to be a good friend.
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Father, thank you for giving me true friends. Help me to be there for them, physically and spiritually. Mostly, thank you for your son, whose perfect model of friendship is beyond compare. It is in his holy name I pray. Amen.

Copyright 2010 Karen Vaughn