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Brandon Pembleton
on 10/31/2023 at 01:11 PM
Real true friends to me are one of the greatest gifts God has ever given us. They are truly rare in this day and age of high tempo insta gratification. Few people slow down enough to be great friends. I am very fortunate to have a few amazing friends in my life. I believe God places people directly in our path to serve and to get to know to learn from and teach to. It’s up to us to be wary and ready for these relationships to begin. I had to be fully surrendered to God to get out of my own way with people. You see I was much more prone to keeping everyone at distance before God because they might be manipulating terds like I was back then. I projected that on the whole world. After I let go and found God I suddenly and swiftly began to realize all of my fears around other people were centered in my own behaviors. When I started serving others I finally realized maybe there are some really great people out here that just want to see others succeed. That birthed some incredible friendships and bonds of brotherhood. No one should needlessly be alone in this world but do the work in your relationships. Some of us myself included have to really work at this because let’s face it us guys tend to get focused mostly on work and put our relationships down on the priority list. Help me to remember how important those relationships are God and thank You for them. I love You God amen 🙏
Boyce Moses
on 10/31/2023 at 12:39 PM
I have a friend that I worked with that I love like a brother and we are very close. I have many acquaintances, but not a lot of true friends. I treasure them and thank God for them. Love you Jesus! 🧡💚🤍🤎
Michael
on 10/31/2023 at 12:18 PM
I have an older gentleman who was a neighbor that I’m closer to than friends that I grew up with. Those friends never wanted to grow up and they also didn’t stick by me through my grief and hard times. I also have a younger guy who I worked with and I’ve become some what of a mentor. All three of us play guitar so that’s a plus with conversations. I know God placed these two men in my life. It took a long while, but it happened.
Elliott
on 10/31/2023 at 11:43 AM
Pretty much all my life. I have been scared of being alone. So I was always putting people in my life that was only there for a short time. Then I would be devastated when they left. it wasn't till I was 38 until I knew I had a true friend. He helped pick me up after a tuff divorce. he helped me build a faith that is unbreakable. he truly is my brother from a different mother and dad! lol! My faith today is so strong that I feel confident that there is a purpose for me. that's true friendship to me!
Robert McFaddin
on 10/31/2023 at 11:30 AM
I had what I would call real friends while in college back in the mid to late 80s. I haven’t had any friends like that since.
Tommy Williamson
on 10/31/2023 at 11:20 AM
Friendships can be very fleeting and as a whole you get back what you put into it. I do have a few work friendships that cultivated as well as a few that are left over from my childhood. However most of the people I call friends are those that I cultivated within various churches that I have been a part of over the years. But I have found over the years that making snd keeping friends can be very hard work. Put time into your friendships and show your friends that you really do care about them, that is even true with those that you also call family.
304/365: Friends Who Stick With You
Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend deserts him.
~ Proverbs 19:4
As men, so many of our “friendships” are based around the people at our workplace, and work comes down to one thing – money. The need for it and ways to get more of it. Most guys consider their work-friends as close friends.
Ever wonder how many of your work friends would stick around if you lost your job?
Work friends are great! However, make sure you spend time cultivating connections which will stick with you no matter the job.
GO DEEPER: John 15: 9-13