I received a personal invitation to join a new Christian website ~ christian.com. It’s one of those sites that you join, along with other Christian bloggers. So far it’s been pretty amazing. There are Christians from all over the world joining in. One of the things that happens, is that you begin to get requests from people who want to be your friend (to share your faith with ~ folks from all denominations). Mostly, I think we just read each other’s blog posts (you can leave comments or say you like or dislike what someone writes-I’ve seen no dislikes to or from anyone yet). What I’ve noticed is that everyone is very (for lack of a better word) Christ-like…in what they say etc (whether it’s a blog post or personal message). For example: On Mother’s day I just posted a simple message to go out to everyone..wishing them a happy Mother’s day…and I got some wishes back at ya..from people Idon’t even know. Some ask for short prayer requests. I have gained friends from the U.S., but also from India and the Philippines…..Anyway, the following is my morning’s post from the website…about friendship….It is your Wisdom (from me) this Wednesday.. **excuse the small print below~I copy and pasted the text from my christian.com blog site**
Today is “Wisdom Wednesday” on my blogs. Let’s all get some!
13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:13-15 NIV
23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God James 2:23 NIV
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one” C.S. Lewis
Friendship has to be about something. If you don’t have a shared interest, passion, etc ~ it isn’t friendship. Jesus called His Disciples “friends” because they shared in what He learned from His Father. They had something in common. Abraham was called the friend of God because he believed God and the relationship he had with God was about SOMETHING they shared. They had something in common.
If you are reading this, more than likely we have never met. But, we do have something in common. We share in the truth that “Jesus Christ is the Savior of our souls”! We are all here, on this website, to share what He is doing in our lives (our testimonies) and to encourage one another. Yes? If this is true, than we are friends not just in the sense that we’ve all been clicking “I accept you as my friend” (by one another’s pictures), but we are friends in Jesus Christ. How Cool Is That!!!!!!!!
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