“…there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” —Proverbs 18:24
Friendship can be confusing. Those who say they are your friends may not be at all. Those who you do not think are friends can be a true friend and just not express it.
Friends are those who you can share your deepest feelings with and then you find those feelings are being shared with everyone. To entrust yourself to someone as friend is a risk. They may be true friends and may be not. I have never really known what the test of friendship is. We all have had friends who turned against us. We have had friends that we did not know were friends. I suppose that is the human side of our relationships we simply have to deal with.
I have often heard this verse from Proverbs used to speak of the friendship we can have with Jesus. I like that. When in our search for someone that we could call a friend and open up our hearts to them we may come up empty handed. However, Jesus can be a friend if we desire Him to be. He can be trusted. He’ll always be there. He’ll tell us when we are right and when we are wrong. A friend does that. He does understand our frustrations when no one else does. He shares our griefs. He enjoys our happiness.
If you need a true friend, you might want to try Jesus. He is just a prayer away. You can be sure that His love for you will never be shaken. He’ll be a true friend. There seems to be so few today, so maybe you should try Him. He will not fail you.