A Really, Truly Best Friend

When Jesus is your really, truly best friend, these kinds of things may happen:

You stop sucking the life out of your friends when you feel unappreciated. Instead, you run to Jesus and He loves you back into significance. And you love people better when you are receiving from Jesus what friends can never give you.

You stop basing how well you write in your blog by how many comments you receive. Instead, Jesus lets you know if your writing is good, bad or ugly and whether it reflects Him, or not. If it's lacking in any way, He helps you tweak it, then let's you know when it's time to  just let it rest.

You stop feeling so gut-level lonely because now Jesus is the Friend who sticks closer than a brother. He hangs around all the time just waiting to spend time with you. You don't need to make eight phone calls to find someone to go uptown with you. Jesus is on Friendship Call 24/7. He'd love to go uptown with you.

You stop letting guilt pull you into a scary pit of despair because now Jesus is there reaching out His hand. He pulls you up and puts you on solid ground. He smiles at you and says, "Try again. This time with My help."

If there is a better Friend on this Earth, I've never heard of (or met) him.


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