Jacob on #Friendship

I read the following Bible verse about three days ago: "Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, or you will learn his ways and find a snare for yourself." Proverbs 22:24-25 (NAS). I couldn't quite figure out what that was supposed to mean. Then I read another quote, this one not from the Bible, "We laughed until we had to cry. We gave love, right down to our last goodbye. We were the best we thought we'd ever be, just you and me, for just a moment..."

I'd been pondering over that for a while when it finally hit me like a bunch of tacky lawn ornaments in front of a pink house. We need to know who our real friends are! A real friend is someone who knows what you're feeling even when you're not with them. Someone who knows you better than you know yourself. A friend sees the first tear, catches the second and stops the third. A good friend helps you up when you fall, but a best friend laughs when you trip... and then trips you again (haha, I heart that). But yet, do understand that having false friends isn't always that bad because it shows you about yourself and teaches you to be strong and know that life goes on.

If you know someone who is rejected by society because they are supposedly "different" from everyone else, just be their friend. Shared sorrow is half sorrow, and shared joy is double joy. Be someone's flower just as Jesus is yours. Because even on the road to Hell, a flower will make you smile.

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

- Mother Teresa

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