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Ask Cindy!<br />
I have a hard time making friends.<br />
What should I do?<br />
I think just about every<strong>on</strong>e wants friends! God created us<br />
to enjoy social interacti<strong>on</strong>. Even Jesus enjoyed spending time with friends—I<br />
think of Mary, Martha, Lazarus, Peter, James, and John as being His special<br />
friends. He enjoyed spending time with them.<br />
So how do we make friends? According to Proverbs 18:24, if we want to have<br />
friends, we have to be friendly! Most of us are attracted to cheerful people, to<br />
people with a positive attitude, to kind people. We are less attracted to grouchy or<br />
mean people, or people who are self-centered and c<strong>on</strong>stant complainers. Sometimes<br />
it helps to look <strong>for</strong> friends who share your interests. If you enjoy singing, invite<br />
people to sing with you. If you enjoy outdoor activities, sign up <strong>for</strong> a ski trip or a<br />
mountain biking excursi<strong>on</strong>. In other words, be <strong>on</strong> the active look-out <strong>for</strong> activities<br />
where you might meet friends who like to do the things you enjoy.<br />
Another way to make friends is to look<br />
<strong>for</strong> ways to be helpful. You could<br />
volunteer to tutor a classmate who<br />
doesn’t do as well as you do in school, or<br />
you could find a way to spend time with<br />
some<strong>on</strong>e who looks sad or l<strong>on</strong>ely. You<br />
might ask your parents or teachers if you<br />
can plan an event <strong>for</strong> the older people<br />
of your church or neighborhood, and<br />
ask kids your age to help out with this<br />
project. Doing stuff <strong>for</strong> others is a great<br />
way to b<strong>on</strong>d with friends.<br />
Un<strong>for</strong>tunately, even our best friends will sometimes<br />
disappoint us. It helps to remember that Jesus’<br />
best friends also disappointed Him when He<br />
needed them the most (see Matthew 26:36-46).<br />
Jesus understands when our friends hurt our<br />
feelings. He is the <strong>on</strong>e friend who will never<br />
desert us and who loves us <strong>for</strong>ever.<br />
Ask youth minister Cindy Tutsch any<br />
questi<strong>on</strong> about Ellen White, the Seventhday<br />
Adventist Church, or even Bible<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> next quarter’s topic—<br />
SABBATH! Just send your e‐mail to<br />
cindytutsch@hotmail.com. All of your<br />
questi<strong>on</strong>s will be answered—and we’ll<br />
even put some of them in the next Ve.Z<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Kids</strong>! So what do you want to know?<br />
6 | Ellen White Visi<strong>on</strong>ary <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Kids</strong> <strong>Kids</strong>
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