What a Friend

February 6, 2015

What a Friend

In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.

Isaiah 63:9

Who is the one person for whom you never doubted their love? Who is the one person with whom you can talk freely and honestly about your deepest thoughts, feelings and emotions? Who is the one person, above all others in your life, who you desire to spend quality time? Perhaps you have one person in your life who possesses all three of these qualities, perhaps three different people fill these roles in your life, or perhaps you haven’t yet entered into a loving relationship with such a person(s). If you are still drawing a blank trying to answer these questions, that’s OK. Keep reading because I think I can offer you help.

First, for those who have a person, or persons, in mind for each of those three roles in your life, do you know that Jesus very much wants to be one of those persons? Jesus wants you to know him in a deep, intimate relationship. Jesus wants you to experience him responding to you with unconditional love, with tenderness and compassion. Some friends who love us unconditionally fall into the realm of co-dependency and offer mercy and compassion because they don’t want to hurt us with the truth. Jesus is the perfect model for speaking the truth in love. He confronts us when we need to be confronted, but always he comes to us with a love that empowers us to fulfill our destiny as the beloved children of our Abba Father.

For my friends who are still holding a blank sheet of paper, unable to come up with the names of persons who fill those needs in your life, may I introduce you to my friend Jesus?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms is available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ  is available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.