The One True Friend

     One day this week I was talking with a close family member about friendships.  Turns out that not everyone we meet remains our friend.  Either, they move on, get offended, or become judgmental over human weaknesses that don’t meet their expectations, often simple because they have not had to walk in the same shoes yet.   
     When friends move on, we are often hurt because we care what people think about us.  Yet, some of us must realize that although we are meant to be kind and loving toward others, we cannot please everyone, and we can become so obsessed over what people think about us that we fail to be ourselves.   
     You know, God created us all different and simply by being different we will not confirm to everyone’s expectations.  I believe that as long as we are conforming to what God wants, that is what counts.  Sure, we will lose a few friends along life’s path as each person finds their own walk in life, but what consoles us is in knowing there is an everlasting friend that will walk through the trial with us, never leaving our side.  Herein, lies a true love from the One who created us.

 

LOVED

I am loved!

I am loved!

I am loved by the blood of the Lamb.

No my clothes aren’t spotless;

They’re not white as snow,

But I’m loved by the blood of the Lamb.     

Let me shout with joy!

Let me shout with glee,

For my God loves me!

Oh, I’m loved by the Lord of the World.

I am loved and so amazed;

Dazzled and dazed,

That I’m loved by the blood of the Lamb.

Let me shout with joy!

Let me shout with glee,

For my God loves me!

Thou my clothes aren’t spotless;

They’re not white as snow.

Still, I’m loved by the blood the Lamb. 

                                     Mary Crisp Jameson