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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Friendship in the Pit.

Proverbs 17:17 (New International Version)



A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.






Here is a story I received in an email last year. I thought it was a good thing to share.


"I am in there again," I told my friend. "The pit." A time when no one can cheer you up and you wonder if there ever was or is a God. Have you ever had such times? Discouragement can be devastating even to the best of saints. It can bring us so low. The writer of Proverbs phrased it well when he said, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Prov. 13:12). When we get so low that we despair of our belief, we can identify with the prophet Elijah who wanted to die after being so discouraged with life.


"I'm coming over," my friend said.


"Aw, you don't have to do that," I said.


"I'm coming over. We're going to pray."


About 30 minutes later my friend walked in the door. We sat down on the living room floor and simply lay on our backs as my friend began to pray. I didn't feel like praying. I was too deep in the pit. All I could do was listen. After a while my friend was quiet. We both sat quietly for ten to fifteen minutes, praying quietly to ourselves. Suddenly my friend said, "First Thessalonians 5:24!"


"What verse is that?" I asked.


"I don't know," she said. "That is the verse He spoke to me."


I grabbed my Bible and looked up the verse. "The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it."


We laughed. Can He be so personal? Can He care that much? That night I grew more in my love of my two friends, not to mention being brought out of the pit.


As I read the story I wondered. Do you have a friend who is there when you need somebody at any hour of the day? Are you there for your friend? Ask the Lord how you can be a better friend to someone today.






Dear Lord we pray that we would be the friend to someone today. Help our eyes be open so that we can see those who need a friend. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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