God has been speaking to me lately about what it means to be a true friend.

When we are believers, we are blessed to be a part of a sacred Sisterhood!

Our friends are not just simply our friends, they are sisters in Christ!

While we may all “walk to the beat of a different drum,” with our own unique personalities and skills, we follow the same Savior. His words are the ones we listen to above all others and His ways are the ones we walk in despite the different paths we could go down!

In this world and culture we live in, there are so many loud voices vying for our attention! There are so many paths to choose and directions to follow. We, too easily, can become confused and allow foreign voices to speak louder than our Saviors’ voice! 

I am thankful to God for being a part of His family! I love that He has given me a sacred sisterhood to help me navigate His paths and hear His voice, the loudest. I never want to take my sisterhood for granted. I want to be a true friend! 

On my own, I am not able. But with God, I know that He can make me more than able! His word speaks loud and clear to what a true friend is!

Proverbs 17:17

“A true Friend loves at all times…”

For years and years I have listened to this verse and used it as my roadmap for being a true friend.

A true Friends love is consistent! It “loves it all times!“ It is not dependent on convenience or availability. It is always there without conditions!

A true friend love is dependable! It can be counted on! It follows I Corinthians 13:5,

“…it does not insist on it’s own way, it is not irritable or resentful.”

This list can be exhausting and difficult to live by. It can make us want to run the other way and throw in the towel!

But remember, we are not just any sisterhood…we are a sacred sisterhood! We have the help of our Savior to be who He has called us to be in the lives of those we love!

But if you find that list, long and exhausting…buckle your seatbelts! What God has been showing me is that I have been living my life in my sisterhood, with only half of the verse He has called me to love my sisters by.

“A true friend loves at all times,

and a brother/sister is born for adversity!”  Proverbs 17:17

There is a comma, not a period after,

“A friend loves at all times,”

I am not just called to love my friends, I am also called to be there in times of adversity!

During adversity, we discover what kind of a friend we really are.

Why? Because adversity makes a demand on our friendship. It demands our time, attention, and even tangible expressions of our love for our sisters.

A true friend isn’t just there to celebrate with you. They are also there to encourage you, to build you up, to support you and yes, even at times to redirect you when you’ve gotten off the Savior’s path!

TRUTH BOMB

A TRUE FRIEND IN CHRIST REALIZES FRIENDSHIP IS A SACRED SISTERHOOD!

I developed three prayers for me to follow so that God can help me be the true friend He’s called me to be.

I would love to share them with you and ask you to pray them through this week with me! Then, if you’ll meet me back here on the Blog next week, I’ll share the second half of God’s call to sacred sisterhood for all of us!

Spoiler alert…HE IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!

Prayer Points

*1)  God, help me know that you and you alone, are my best friend!

“I will never leave you or forsake you.”Hebrews 13:5b

*2) God, please help me to have your wisdom and discernment in knowing who my true friends are.“

“A friend loves at all times,“ Proverbs 17:17a

*3) God, help me be the friend that you have called me to be for my friends.

“…and a brother/sister is born for adversity.”Proverbs 17:17b

AMEN!

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