Not every one is your friend: you might be a people person, you always have people hanging around you but when it comes to those you call your friends, they are the once that hangs around when you still have nothing to offer. When things are down. The once that drink the garri and eats the rice. Being boastful of the number of friends you have is actually foolishness. Its takes commitment to keep a friend and if are committed to so many you will be committed to non. Make real friends and keep real friends.
Also friendship is all about love. As much as you like, which is the extra, love is the foundation. Matt 22:39 says "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". Yes, love them as you love yourself. Love is everything. I wouldn't go so much on the subject of love on this blog but the area i would put emphasis to is the love of oneself.
Jesus said love them as yourself. But some people don't love themselves, funny right??? But its true. And your love for others is directly proportional to self love. When you have a bad view of yourself, everyone will look just as bad as you see yourself.There was a day a car splashed mud on me and stained my clothe, unfortunately i wasn't were i could change my clothes and trying to clean up got matter worse(you know those kind of bad days), the rest of my day was full of mood swings, quarrel and envy. It came naturally. Yea, that was a result of the new view i had of my present state reflecting on the way i relate with others.
Love yourself, you are priceless.
Friendship is the greatest love as stated in John 15:12-15 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you".
- Jesus stated that the love of a friend is greatest.
- Also, you friend knows you well. Not just your name, friends are made over a period of time. He/she doesn't just know you as a colleague or neighbour, he/she knows your surname and deep stuff.
- Now in the matter of understanding, listen carefully... As far as you are involved, be the understanding one always, be the one to see reasons, be the understanding one i say again, let issues be treated properly because of you.
- A friend shares also. Lemme state this, if you always feel that everyone is not good and you have always had the story of untrusted friends and friend tuning against you, please check yourself. Sorry to say this, if you don't have true and trusted friends, you are the problem not then
I also love Eccl 4:9-10 "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up". No man is an island of himself, it aint good to be alone. When God saw that man was alone he create a friend for him at the garden of eden.
When you have a good friend, you achieve more, two good heads they say is better than one. You have someone to lean on when the going gets rough. Friendship is all about helping each other i tell you. God will not come down from heaven to help you physically, but he definitely will use a friend to.
