Lent Day 4 "True companionship"

I want to thank everyone who has been reading and responding.  Feedback is greatly helpful in this undertaking.  You have been great friends.


There are several ways of defining a friend:


"A friend is someone who knows everything about you, and likes you anyways"


"A friend will help you move; a true friend will help you move a body"


"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer"


"The language of friendship is not words but meanings"


"A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked"


"If you want a friend in Washington [D. C.], get a dog"


I am (often quite obviously so) an extrovert.  I gain energy while in the company of others, and thrive off interaction.  I love to go out with friends and have great conversations, an activity in which my friends very kindly indulge.  To have friends around me and to support my friends is a great joy.


What would you do for a friend?  Jesus says "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).  I find that to be a pretty tall order, and if the moment were to come where that would be an option, I honestly do not know what I would do.  Of course, giving up your life is only the extreme example of what we would do for a friend.  Sometimes, it is just giving up an evening when a friend has had a bad day to cheer them up.  Taking the time to celebrate with them when something has gone well.  Like my pal above, my companion who gets in between me and my computer, a friend helps you to shoulder your burden.  This one even purrs!