Saturday, 30 July 2011

Friends and Friendship by Dr. Bill Denton


A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  (Proverbs 17:17)

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself, he doesn't fee you've done a permanent job (Laurence J.Peter)

A lot of people go through life with only a few friends. It seems that some have less than that. They have no one on whom they can call in good times or bad. There is no one with whom to bounce ideas around, or to talk about deep and troubling subjects. They have no one to call in times of need or difficulty. They are at the mercy of life, standing alone.

Others seem to have a multitude of friends. Wherever they go, people know them, and like to be around them. Should trouble strike, their biggest hesitation might be over which friend to call. They know exactly the person with whom to discuss the topics of inquiry and debate. Life is full of entertaining and invigorating relationships because it is full of friends.

There ought to be a course in school on friendship. Of course, some people are perfectly happy to operate with fewer friends. They might rather have a few deep and loyal friends, than many superficial ones. Others thrive best when friends are everywhere and numerous. It is not so much the number of friends that is important as is the possession of friends, period.

Friendship is a blessing...

Friendship is a blessing, and a friend is the channel through whom great emotional, spiritual, and sometimes even physical blessings flow. Friends can cheer us when we’re sorrowful or depressed. Friends can challenge us when we allow ourselves to get beyond our reasonable boundaries. Friends can motivate us when we’re ready to give in, and they can provide for us when life falls apart. They are there when all is well, and we want someone with whom to share life’s pleasant and memorable moments. We often just want them around to have a good time, to laugh, to act silly, to enjoy some mutually liked activity. In how many ways have friends enriched our lives and made us feel loved, accepted, respected and cared for? Probably, too many to list, and the list grows daily.

It is safe to say that when God created the world and all the majestic things in it, when he streaked the heavens with radiant color and the earth with grand mountains and awe-inspiring canyons, when he painted the plains with waving grasses and erected noble forests of towering trees, he outdid it all by creating friends. Why not take a moment or two and thank someone today for being a friend to you?

May God bless you with all the friends you need, and may he turn you into a blessing by using you as a friend to others.

My Review 

First of all , I chose this article among thousands of them in the internet because I think this article has something that teach me the meaning of friendship . Even myself have a bunch of friends but didn't know the actual meaning of true friendship . By this article , I had learned that friends are whom that care much to us and complete our life .

The synopsis of the article can be conclude as the above :

Friends are people who live around us . They are more like family to us , but kind of not related to in the family tie . Most of us have friends in our life . They are completely the main part of our life besides family . The reason I said so because everyday in our daily life, friends are there for us when we have problems . Friendship can be define as something that we share with someone including the ideas, problem and even to share anything with .

My opinion about this article is I'm 100% agreed with the contents . The texts and meanings are eventually touched my heart . Now, I had realized that friends matter most to my life . Same like family but with friends, we can share anything beyond boundaries because most of them are the same age like us . They know how we feel in our life and the teenage problems that we face . They will try all of their best to solve our problems and that is the reasons why I love my friends so much!

As the conclusion , "A friend in need , is a friend indeed" . So , I want to thank God for giving me the beautiful friends of mine in my life . And to my friends , thanks for the loyalty and support in my 17 years of life . All I can say is 'I love you , friends' <3

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