The Faithful Love of a Friend
It would be hard for me to overstate the importance of having friends. God designed us to have close relationships with Him and with other people. It is part of being made in the image of God. God is love, and love is expressed in relationships. It is not just a feeling. It is a choice and an action. We need God's love, and we need the love of friends to really have life the way God designed. Saul's son, Jonathan became a friend to David from the very first time they met. He remained faithful to that friendship until the end of his life. He helped David keep from being killed by Saul, and he asked for David to treat him with faithful love as long as he was alive. (I Samuel 20:14,15) Then, he added that if he died, he asked David to treat his family with faithful love after David had destroyed all of his enemies. That is the kind of love we all need to show to our friends. There are good friends, and there are bad friends, Some friends are bad because they just want us to help ...