Reflecting on today how many friendships I've had throughout
my life and how some have come and gone, some easier than others. Some truly
deep relationships have faded away. How can that be? Business, life, family,
miles??? All true, sometimes it happens from a big blow up, pride, selfishness,
sometimes it just kind of happens and all you are left with is a memory. Is it
my own laziness of not wanting to invest time in the people around me? It does
draw up some questions of did they really even care? Was I just a waste of
their time? Or are they just waiting for ME to make that move that I want them
to do? It all leaves a bit of aloneness in this world.
Jesus plainly stated in Hebrews 13:5 that “I will never
leave you nor forsake you.” In another
place, the Bible calls Him “a friend who sticks closer than a brother”
(Proverbs 18:24). If you make Jesus the
center of your life, everything can collapse around you, but you will still be
standing because He will never leave you nor forsake you. You can have that one friend who TRULY will
always be there. And even more, He will help you through trouble and put right
those other parts of your life that are hurting you.
I know the closeness of my Brother and my friend. I can’t
imagine any other relationship that could be closer than that (other than my
husband of course). Jesus is right there waiting, finally, for our time and
friendship. When we are alone, you hear him say, “I am here. I love you. Come into my arms, sit. Rest in me.” He longs
for communion with us. We are his children. Even in our aloneness God is always
there just waiting for us, we are never alone.
