Second Friend Day - Elmer Towns

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was a lonely man. He put his priority on his business, rather than on the life that God had given him to live. Where weak people hide, friends are open, which is a basis for growth. Friends recognize our weaknesses and help us strengthen them. A friend will never take advantage of the other person. "A friend loveth at all times" (Proverbs 17:17). 5. A Christian with friends is durable. The person without friends usually has not learned to get along with others. They have to be treated specially. FRIENDS ARE ALLWEATHER LUGGAGE. They wear well and do not have to be handled with kid gloves. Diplomacy is the language of strangers, whereas honesty is the language of friends. 6. A Christian with friends understands people. The person without friends thinks that everyone is the same and everyone relates to people in the same way. He thinks everyone is a rat, and everyone is out to get him. Or he thinks everyone is as nice as Alice in Wonderland. He has never learned that people have their good days and their bad ones. He has never learned that people, like batteries, have two poles. They have a sinful nature, but they can have a new nature. FRIENDS ARE TOLERANT. A good friend will trust the differences in the other person because he knows their strengths. Because of this, he does not expect his friend to respond as he does to circumstances, events, and others. Job said, "One should be kind to a thinking friend" (Job 6:14 LB). 7. A Christian with friends is a good listener. Have you ever met someone who does all the talking and never takes time to listen to you? That means he probably does not have a friend anywhere with whom he communicates. FRIENDSHIP IS A TWO-WAY STREET. We must give when talking with friends. We talk for a while, and then we listen. This is not a technique for conversation. We listen because we are interested in our friend. All of us need a friend to whom we can go in any situation, a friend to whom we can talk about winning and just be ourselves in our moment of victory. A true friend accepts our boasting without belittling or envying our success. They do not play oneupmanship, but rejoice with us, listen to our "bragging," understand the truth, and remain our friend. "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" (Proverbs 18:24). 8. A Christian with friends is sensitive. Every once in a while we meet people who are hardened and crusty. They do not listen, they do not care, and they never help anyone else. They live in a shell. FRIENDS ARE SENSITIVE. A true friendship is a give-and-take relationship. We become sensitive to the other person, as they become sensitive to us. Friendship cannot be forced; it must be received. Therefore, we must be sensitive to receive what is given to us, as the other person takes what we give. We can "fall into love" but we cannot "fall into friendship." There is no "friendship at first sight," even though there is "love at first sight." Friendship comes slowly; enemies happen suddenly. A broken dream, or the sudden realization of a lie will make enemies out of friends. However, just telling the truth to a person will not suddenly make them a friend. Friendship is a shared experience that is developed over a period of time. And here is how to measure it. The greatest love is shown when a person "lays down his life for his friends" (John 15:13 LB).
CHAPTER TWO GOD'S FRIENDSHIP VERSUS HUMAN FRIENDSHIPS Most people do not think about the theory of friendship or worry about what spoils friendship, they just enjoy their friends and feel deeply when their friends forsake them. In this chapter we will attempt to understand the nature of friendship by analyzing some of the myths that abound about it. We will also compare these myths with what the Bible says about God's friendship. 1. Friends know all about us. This is not a true statement because no one knows all about us. Yes, some friends know about one area of our life. Other friends know about another area of our life. And still other friends know about many areas of our life, but no one knows all about us, not even our best friend. In addition, a friend may be blind to some of our weaknesses, or they may know about them and not care. GOD'S FRIENDSHIP God knows all about us when none of our friends do. God sees us inwardly; they see us outwardly. Friends see the results of our actions, but they do not always understand our motives. God not only sees us inwardly, He understands our motives, and He knows our attitudes: "The Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature... for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (I Samuel 16:7). 2. A true friend is forever. True friendships may last forever, but a true friendship can also be temporary. For example, some of us had a deep friendship in high school and yet we grew apart. They went their way, and we went our way. With growth, our needs change and our lifestyle changes. When friends do not grow with us and change with us, we do not continue to have things in common. But that does not mean they were never our friends. When a couple attends the Young Marrieds Class in Sunday School, they make friends with other young couples who have just married. However, when a baby is added to their life, their whole world changes, and they have little in common with a childless couple. On the road of life, friends may take different paths. Sometimes our jobs lead us apart, sometimes our children, and other times our interests. Not all of our current friends will remain close to us. Some of them will move away physically; others will move away mentally, and some may even turn on us because they are jealous or because we have offended them. As we look at friendship we must also realize that there are time-limited friendships and place-limited friendships. These friendships are deep and satisfying for a period of time. For example, two men who were drafted into the Army at the same time go through basic training together and form a relationship because of their experiences. However, when their tour of duty is complete and one goes into banking and the other becomes a plumber, they have few things to share.
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