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Tuesday... It is best to be a real one.


Tuesday... It is best to be a real one.

What kind of friend are we? Proverbs 18:24a (NLT) says, "There are "friends" who destroy each other." Notice the word friends is in quotes. Some may say they are friends but are they really?

Verses 7 & 8 (AMP) says, "A fools mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul. The words of a (whisperer) gossip are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten]; They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon]." The Message says, "Listening to gossip is like cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?" Is that the kind of friend you are? You hear something and you're ready to share it. Oh, I'm just sharing so people will pray for them? Are you sure that is why you are sharing? That's not a real friend.

Here is another one. Verses 1 - 2 (AMP) says, "He who [willfully] separates himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire, he quarrels against all sound wisdom. A [closed-minded] fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his personal opinions [unwittingly displaying his self-indulgence and his  stupidity]." That's not the kind of friend I want to be or that I want. I unfriend those kind of "friends" on my Facebook. 

And back to verse 24, "There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother." The Amplified Bible says, "The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in many pieces and come to ruin, but there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother." The Message says, "Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family." That is the kind of friend I want to be and the kind I want."

By the way, John over in the New Testament of the Bible introduces us to a true friend that He says in chapter 1 verse 51b (AMP) is "the Son of Man [the bridge between heaven and earth]." His name is Jesus. Now He is a real friend and He came to earth to be our friend. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning. 

 

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