Our house is filled with the aroma of Door County Cherry Crème Coffee and Nueske's Bacon this morning. We will have a Hopple Popple breakfast very soon.
In a few minutes my good friend is coming over to join me for breakfast and coffee. He is actually stopping over to help me move a large heavy object, load it into the truck, and take it to the dump. It's the kind of thing we do for each other now and then. We tend to be there for each other and often will sit and pray. We discuss matters of God, family and church. In a short hour we are usually full of coffee, solved all the problems of the world and irritated most everyone around us with our laughter.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 New International Version (NIV)
9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
We have seen each other at our best and at our worst. We don't judge one another and we aren't afraid to tell each other what we need to hear, not what we want to hear. You can't mess with one of us without messing with the other. I believe that God made people to be friends and in some instances the friends are the ones who can bring out the best in you and make you grow from time to time. God equips us with the friends we need. We should practice being a good friend to those who God has placed in our life journey. Together two can accomplish more than one, and some of life's lonely trips are easier to bear with a friend to walk alongside of you.
Proverbs 18:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
What kind of friend will you be today? It is your choice.
Marty
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