A Friend Loves At All Times

The dictionary tells us that a friend is a person who you know well, a person you like...a person you trust.  I believe a friend is someone who understands what you're not saying.  A friend listens; a friend cares.  A friend is someone who knows you well, yet they still love you when you're not very lovable.  They love you through the good times and the bad.  They love you at your worst.  A friend is someone we can turn to when we need a lift...someone we treasure.  They make the world a better place.  We lean on them; we confide in them.  We laugh with them, and we cry with them.

Our friends are always there when we need them, and we should be there for them as well.  We should pray for them, care for them, help them with their needs.  We are to love them, we are to support them, even if we don't agree with their situation.  We are to love them no matter what.  We need friends to tell us what we need to hear, not what we want to hear. 

In Proverbs 18:24, we're told, "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother".  Jesus is the very definition of a friend...a true friend.  He proved this when He gave His life for us on the cross.  He made Himself our friend with a love so unimaginable.  “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

We don't meet people by accident.  They are meant to cross our path for a reason.  Maybe it's to teach us a life lesson, to help us figure out who we are, or to be who God meant us to be.  I believe that friends are angels sent by God to help us discover these things.

                                          "A friend loveth at all times..."
Proverbs 17:17