Post by betty on Jul 27, 2006 10:09:23 GMT -5
This is more of an essay than a devotional but I didn't know where to put it.
True Friendship:
The best definition of love that I have found is in the Bible. 1st Corinthians chapter 13 says; Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep tract of wrongs. It isn’t happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. Love never stops being patient, never stops believing; never stops hoping never gives up. This translation is from “The Word”.
If you take the word love and change it to friend it would also be the best definition of friend that I have ever found. This is the kind of friend that I want to be. It is not what I expect from anyone else.
Friendship, as any other kind of relationship, takes both people wanting to make the relationship a good one. The kind of person I am is the only thing that I have control over and that I have to remember. Love is a choice and I chose to love. Anything else is a burden too heavy to carry.
It also means that I have to forgive. Forgiveness is also a choice. It is only when I forgive something that I can truly let it go. When I can let it go then I can forget about it and not let it bother me.
I am extremely thankful for the friends that God has brought into my life. They have helped me so much and I want them to know that.
God Bless
True Friendship:
The best definition of love that I have found is in the Bible. 1st Corinthians chapter 13 says; Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep tract of wrongs. It isn’t happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. Love never stops being patient, never stops believing; never stops hoping never gives up. This translation is from “The Word”.
If you take the word love and change it to friend it would also be the best definition of friend that I have ever found. This is the kind of friend that I want to be. It is not what I expect from anyone else.
Friendship, as any other kind of relationship, takes both people wanting to make the relationship a good one. The kind of person I am is the only thing that I have control over and that I have to remember. Love is a choice and I chose to love. Anything else is a burden too heavy to carry.
It also means that I have to forgive. Forgiveness is also a choice. It is only when I forgive something that I can truly let it go. When I can let it go then I can forget about it and not let it bother me.
I am extremely thankful for the friends that God has brought into my life. They have helped me so much and I want them to know that.
God Bless