True Friendship...cont'd from yesterday's post...

True friendship is NOT passive; it acts.

When Jesus asks us to love others, help the needy, share our resources, keep our lives clean, offer forgiveness, and bring others to Him....LOVE motivates us to.......ACT.

I must choose to value what God values.

This is what friends do---they care about what is important to the other person....

Have you ever had a friend or family member who always wanted to tell you about their life but had absolutely NO interest whatsoever in your life?

Somehow you don't feel 'valued' in that kind of relationship, do you?

In our 'friendship' with God, He certainly takes interest in our lives.

Personally I KNOW he cares about all the things that I care about and is willing to 'listen' as I pour out my heart's woes to Him.

He lets me 'vent' to Him all the time.

Sometimes, suddenly out of the blue, I get a glimpse of life, people, happenings from HIS point of view and I am absolutely astounded at the difference in 'His point of view' and 'my point of view'.....

I am thrilled when He then enables me to begin to change my way of thinking to His...

I genuinely begin to care about what He cares about .

What does God care about?

God cares about....people!

He cares about you and I.

That is what friends do, they care about each other....

Good, bad or ugly.....friends care.....

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - more important than developing a friendship with God........It's a relationship that will last forever.

Having God as a 'Best Friend' is our choice.

We are as close to God as we choose to be....

I remember my southern Mother saying the 'ole saying'...

"Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are."

Yep, it is true, friendship with God.....shows!

A wonderful intimate friendship with God is a choice, not an accident.

I am soooooo happy to say that

GOD IS MY VERY 'BESTEST' FRIEND!