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Thursday... Can this be said about us and someone close to us?


Proverbs 17:17 (NLT) says, "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need."

Thursday... Can this be said about us and someone close to us?

As a staff person, a pastor that I was working for said that the quality that he appreciated the most in me was that I was loyal. And I counted that as a tremendous compliment. We were in a very difficult situation in that church and he really did need someone beside him who was loyal. And we each one need someone like that in our lives.

How about you? Again this Proverb says, "A friend is always loyal." The Amplified Bible says, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." The Message says, "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble."


You might say that you don't have anyone like that and the question would be, "Are you like that to anyone?" Have you found that we have to plant seeds in order to have an harvest? 

Verse 9 says, "Overlook an offense and bond a friendship; fasten on slight and - good-bye friend!"

Have you found that people are not perfect? Even our best friends aren't perfect and even we aren't perfect. 

I am a Los Angeles Dodgers fan and I am a loyal fan and have been for over 60 years. What that means is that they don't have to win for me to be a loyal fan. Now I can be disappointed but still a loyal fan.  

Again, ""A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need." "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." And, "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble." 

Now Margaret my wife is my most loyal friend. No matter what I am going though she is there and has been there for nearly 50 years and that is loyalty.

I'm not sure why this thought came up today but I do know that we really do need each other. Also remember this, God is our most loyal friend and he knows everything about us and he wants to make a difference in us and through us. 

So, can this be said about us? Well it can be because it is our choice. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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