A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Proverbs 17:17, NLT
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17, NIV
I remember last week when a friend of mine went to hang out with his friends instead of his girlfriend. She got mad at him and it really made me wonder: "How would you balance time between your girlfriend (if you had one) and your man friends?" I don't know the answer, but let me just put out what I believe should be the case in these separate, but oh so similar relationships.
Guys need friends who are guys and girls also need friends who are girls. In a way, same sex relationships tend to be more open and people are usually more honest with one another. The devotion writer used a quote from the 1983 Edition of David W. Smith's The Friendless American Male, "Close relationships don't just happen. They result from the application of principles recorded throughout the Word of God."
The main point that I want to emphasize is that relationships take effort and they ultimately need God in the center of it all. When meeting together, we should always bring up God. From that, our unity will be honest and of love. Since I cannot word it better than this guy, here:
"God is indeed at the center of each of our lives; we've formed an agreement to meet together and communicate together around something we all enjoy, and are faithful to that agreement, to God, and to each other. We all fill roles, and are active socially and economically with each other, lending a hand in often amazing ways when needs arise; we speak freely and candidly, and we respect the various issues everyone brings to the table."
Let our togetherness just truly be glorifying to Him. Praise the Lord.
Amen.
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