The last couple of weeks I have been thinking of the song “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” As this song kept playing over again in my mind, I continued thinking about that word friend. As I searched for the word friend in my Bible, I came across two places. Proverbs 18:24 says, A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 17:17 says, A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
I began to think about the many friends in my life. The older I become, the more I appreciate my friends. I have some friends on whom I can call in time of need and some who I just want to call so we can laugh for a little while. I know there are certain ladies I can call in a pinch, and they would come right away. I know I have friends who pray for me. There are some who even save me a seat at church. I could talk for hours about what my friends mean to me. It is a blessing to have great friends.
I am grateful and blessed to have friends, but I must be reminded that Jesus is also my Friend. It is easy to call one of our friends to vent and complain about life in general. This is not a good thing for anyone to do (I have been guilty of this), and it does not help our spirits. We should go to our Friend …that sticketh closer than a brother. He wants us to go to Him in every situation. As women, we can have laughter, tears, anger, frustration, then more laughter all in one day. Jesus is our Friend, and He knows us better than anyone else. He knows we can be a mess at times. He wants to have a relationship with us. Ladies, we have a Friend upon Whom we can call, and His name is Jesus.
“What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Ev’rything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Ev’rything to God in prayer!”
by Mandy Harper
