Reading: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 9Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
Richard Exley, in his book, “Life’s Bottom Line” wrote,
“Jesus,
I’ve been thinking a lot about friends lately. Everybody is talking about relationships and really knowing each other, but n one seems to do much about it. Or, everyone wants to have the same friend - that person who’s up in front of the crowd or the gal with the toothpaste smile.
Hardly anyone seems willing to build relationship with ordinary people. You know – the married housewife, the overweight, under confident teenager or the quiet guy on the edge of the crowd.
Who was your friend, Lord?
I mean the person you could be yourself with, where You didn’t have to watch every word or meet someone’s unending expectations? You know, where did you go when you had to get away but you couldn’t bear to be alone again? Was Lazarus that special friend for you, Lord?
I think maybe he was. I started to pray, ‘Give me a friend like that’ but I thought better of it. Instead I pray, ‘Let me be a friend like that.’ Amen.”
Who can you be a friend to today?
How can you demonstrate that to that person(s) today?
REVIEW
Were you able to be a friend to someone today, if so, who?
How were you able to demonstrate being a friend to someone today?
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