What is a friend? I have been thinking and praying and wondering about this for a while now. Some hard things have happened in recent history and some of the people I considered friends were distant at best. That got me thinking. What is a friend? What are they supposed to do? What are friends supposed to look like?
Websters dictionary says this:
A friend is - a person who you like and enjoy being with, a person who helps or supports someone or something
Friendship is - the state of being friends : the relationship between friends
This didn't help much. I like being around a lot of people that that doesn't mean I would consider them all my friends! What does a true friend look like? I thought on that for a long while. I came to this conclusion. A friend is someone like Alyssa or Oli. A person that you can call in the middle of the night when your heart is shattering. A person that is honest, loyal, truthful. A person you love with all your heart. A person that you can trust with your life, your deepest darkest moments but someone you can also be silly with. A person that you love being around. When I think of my closest friends I think about what a blessing they are qualities I admire in them. Loyalty, honesty, sillyness, seriousness, determination, just some of the things I love about the people I call my friends. I wonder sometimes what other people value in their friends, but there are some pretty amazing people in my life that I would trust with my life. That is saying something. I can't imagine life without them. They are a major blessing, and I cannot thank God enough for giving me the gift of friendship. That's right folks. I consider friendship and these people gifts from God. Lots of questions still run through my mind when I think about what defines a friend, but you don't have to define gifts from God! You only have to accept the blessing and the love he lavishes on you!
