A Friend

Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

 Are you friendly? The writer here says to have friends you must show yourself friendly. I know folks that have never met a stranger and are friendly to everyone they come in contact with. I try my best to be friendly to the folks I meet and the ones I already know. But I seem to fail in that area. It’s not that I don’t like people but I guess I am somewhat backward. But not nearly as bad as I used to be, for I used to could not talk to hardly anyone. I always wanted to be friendly and to have friends but in growing up I was not the popular one and really didn’t have a lot of what you could call friends. I heard this description on a friend a few years ago and it was this “a friend is someone who knows you, you're good, bad and ugly but likes you anyway”. I cannot be someone I’m not just to be popular. I’m just me warts and all and if you can accept me as I am then we will be friend

 I may not have a lot of friends. I do have a lot of acquaintances but if you ask them I dare say they would tell you we are not friends just acquaintances. A real friend is someone you can count on during anything at any time. I do have a few friends like this. One in particular gave me a quarter one day and told me to keep it and if I ever needed him any hour of the day or night I had a means of getting ahold of him. Others have proved their friendship in visits and calls when I was under the weather. But I have one friend that as the writer said that sticketh closer than a brother. Now I never had a brother that I knew, I had one but he died while still an infant years before I was born. But I have seen families where siblings just did not get along as well as friends. But I have one friend that sticketh closer than a brother and his name is Jesus. In fact he is closer than family. He is one you can call on anytime day or night and He always is standing ready to help his own. So friend if you have all the friends in the world and don’t have Jesus you really don’t have the best friend you could possibly have. I have heard it said that if you have 10 real friends you are well off. I say if you have Jesus you have more of a friend than 10.  

 I would ask you is Jesus your best friend? If not I would beg you to make Him your best friend and Saviour.

Have a great day!!!!!!!!s.