Old friends...

Old friends...

I have had the privilege and honor and enjoyment of visiting old friends over the past few months, those which I no longer live near...

The ones from grammar school, high school, college, various places we have lived, tried and true ones...those whom there is shared history, families, heartaches , joys, life...

We have had babies close to one another, preschoolers, teenagers, weddings, grandchildren ...

We have lived through the energy of the 20's and 30's, the midlife , the menopause...cancer, aging and passing of parents, and now the aches and pains of growing older ourselves..

We can send serious birthday cards or the funny aging ones as well as the sentimental ones...

We called each other out as we needed, bolstered one another in worries and anxieties, prayed for one another over a myriad of issues...mentored one another and loved them through difficulties...laughed at ourselves...

We are friends...

A few friends---
David and Jonathan were close friends...
Daniel went through the fires with his friends...
Jesus called his and instructed...
Friends had faith, took apart a roof and lowered their friend through the hole for healing...
Jesus called forth his friend...
He ate dinner, fixed breakfast for his friends...
Jesus died for his friends....

Thank YOU for the friends you have given over the years...

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

1 Samuel 20:42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.

Job 6:14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Proverbs 27:6a Wounds from a friend can be trusted, ...

Proverbs 27:9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.

Luke 15:6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Acts 13:38 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.