| a few thoughts on friendships

I have been thinking a lot about friendships as of late and thought I would write a small post about it {{although not half as good as the lovely post Miss Moriah had written last month}}.

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friendship :: a relationship between friends, a relationship between two or more people who are friends

{{from my Word Processor dictionary}}

 friendship are a delightful relationships and a blessing from the Lord. good, strong friendships are a true gift and rarely found these days.

from my observation, I think the word, "best friend" is taken lightly these days. not in wholesome Christian circles, but from the snippets and glimpses of public school I have experienced, "best friends" are quite rare.

Miss M. wrapped her arm around my shoulder and smiled sweetly. "And we are going to be best friends forever," she cried out. I smiled slightly thinking how interesting it was that she would say that, for we had only been acquainted for a week...

and I haven't heard a word from her to this day. all summer. friendships -er- acquaintances come and go. a young girl who I had met through a reenactment last fall and e-mailed a few times, recently told me that she and her very good friend fought again and decided to "separate" to see how well it went. unfortunately, you see this cycle very often these days.

A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

true friendships survive it all. they will love each other through difficulty and hardships and sometimes WILL annoy each other. :) they will comfort each other in hard times and will be supportive of one another with their decisions {even sometimes if they don't agree with it}. a true friend will show himself friendly and stick closer than a brother. 

and that is a wonderful, beautiful gift from God indeed.