Hey guys! Well, man...God is amazing...so Ive been dealing with some stuff with friends and its just been really hard for me. I guess Im in a situation that I always try to avoid...but this morning this was my devotional entry for the day:

Real Friendship

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

"Friendship is a wonderful thing. I cannot imagine a day going by without talking with my friends....Ralph Waldo Emerson asserted that there are two cornerstones to friendship. One is truth, the other tenderness. I agree. To love someone, we must know they are truthful with us. Love is built on respect and respect on trust. Truth and tenderness must go hand in hand because if they try to stand alone, one will be too hard and the other too soft.

I would add a third element that is essential to friendship- freedom. We can love others tenderly, be completely truthful with them, but unwittingly want them as our own. We find ourselves hurt if they do things with other people and we're not included. If we don't encourage them to be free (even of us), there is no real friendship. When we hold on to anything too tightly, it dies." - Luci Swindoll, I Married Adventure

It was amazing what God did this monrning...I find that He works that way often. In my devotional book it has a devotion for each day and I couldnt believe that that was the one for today. He's always leaving me scripture or pointing me to a place in the Bible to read that is exactly what I need. Man, He never lets me down. I'm in love...I'm in love with Jesus.

Have a great week! God bless!

Andrea

"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ”- Micah 6:8