Friendship

Friendship is one of the greatest goods of all existence.  God has given us friendship, His very own friendship, and at a great and terrible cost to Himself.  We spurn it and scorn it, even those of us who claim to love Him.  All have sinned and fallen short of His glory, that is His approval.  Remember then, the great value of your friends, and do not take them for granted.  And remember also when one of them abandons you or leaves you, when one of them denies you, that you have a simple choice.  You can be like God, who loves even those who hate Him, or you can be like Man, who hates those who hate him.  For myself, I want to love like God - even those who were once friends and now deny me.