Do you know who is our only friend?
the friendship of God
Friendship is an affectionate relationship between two or more people. Friendship is one of the most common interpersonal relationships that most people have in life. Friendship occurs in different stages of life and in different degrees of importance and result. Friendship is born when people find common concerns and feelings as well as mutual trust. There are friendships that are born within a few minutes of relating and others that take years to do so.
There can be friendly relations where a person and another type of personality or an animal form intervenes. For example, some people classify as friendship their relationship with a dog, not in vain the latter is known as "man's best friend." Friendship can also be given even between two or more animals of different species.
So we must take care of that friendship that is unique, then who is our best friend in the whole world?
I will give you the answer
God is our only friend who remains faithful to our side at every moment, without any disdain or favoritism for his children, we are all equals and he loves us as such because we are his creation and we are made in his image and likeness
The word of God tells us that it is the friendship of God and teaches us, instructs and gives us encouragement at all times
The friend loves at all times; in times of anguish he is like a brother. (Proverbs 17:17)
The just knows how to guide his neighbor; the impious makes him lose his way. (Proverbs 12:26)
Whoever joins with wise men becomes wise; who meets with fools, ends badly. (Proverbs 13:20)
He who is evil provokes strife; the gossip separates the best friends. (Proverbs 16:28)
He who forgives sin seeks affection; the one who divulges it, distances the friend. (Proverbs 17: 9)
The friend loves at all times; in times of anguish he is like a brother. (Proverbs 17:17)
There are friends who are not friends, and there are friends who are more than brothers. (Proverbs 18:24)
Do not have anything to do with violent people, nor make friends with aggressive people, so that you do not imitate their behavior and you yourself set a trap. (Proverbs 22: 24-25)
The balm and the perfume gladden the heart; the advice of the friend brightens the soul. (Proverbs 27: 9)
The iron is polished with iron, and the man polishes himself in his dealings with his neighbor. (Proverbs 27:17)
Two are better than one, because they get more out of their worries. If one of them stumbles, the other picks it up. (Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10)
This is my commandment: Love one another, as I have loved you. Nobody has greater love than this one, which is to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I send you. I will no longer call you servants, because the servant does not know what his lord does; I have called you friends, because all the things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. (John 15: 12-15)
Treat others as you want to be treated. (Luke 6:31)
Do not be fooled: bad companies corrupt good manners. (1 Corinthians 15:33)
Let us love one another with brotherly love; respect and show deference towards others. (Romans 12:10)
When there is no good guide, people stumble; Security depends on the many counselors. (Proverbs 11:14)
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God. Everyone who loves, has been born of God and knows God. (1 John 4: 7)
How good it is, and how nice, that the brothers live together in harmony! (Psalm 133.3)
Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6: 2)
Qualities of a friendship
For a friendship relationship many qualities are needed, including honesty, integrity, loyalty and unconditional acceptance. A friendship should make both people happy; both should have fun when they spend time together. These qualities must be met in order to make this relationship completely sincere. In addition, we must bear in mind that people can easily collide, so it is difficult to maintain many friendships.
It is possible that friendship exists between two people during a stage of their life, but that their lives change, they grow and the friendship relationship becomes impossible to maintain in another stage. It can be difficult to find people who can be your perfect friends
The best friend we can have is Jesus. It is in the Bible, John 15:15, "I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does, but I have called you friends, for all the things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you "
Choose friends who love the Lord and have pure hearts. It is in the Bible, II Timothy 2:22, "Flee also from the youthful passions, and follow righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who from a pure heart call on the Lord."
What characteristics make you a good friend? It is in the Bible, Philippians 2: 3-4, "Do nothing by strife or by vainglory, but with humility, each esteeming others as superior to himself, not each watching for his own, but each also for the others. "
Gossip can destroy friendships. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 16:28, "A perverse man raises a fight, and a gossip separates the best friends."
It's worth keeping friends. It is in the Bible, Proverbs 27: 9-10, "The ointment and the perfume rejoice the heart, and the friend's cordial advice to the man, do not leave your friend, nor your father's friend, nor go to the house of your brother in the day of your affliction, Better is the neighbor near than the brother far away. "
A friend is interested in being honest with you even when it hurts you. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 27: 6, "The wounds of the one who loves are faithful, but the kisses of the one who hates are unimportant."
So let's be friends with God, because he is our best friend ..