Christ Sweetens Every Friendship
(Proverbs 27:9) The sweetness of friendship has often been sweetest for me in the worst times. Scripture doesn't disagree with me: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17).
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(Proverbs 27:9) The sweetness of friendship has often been sweetest for me in the worst times.
Scripture doesn't disagree with me: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17).
God gives us friends for our joy in every season and circumstance, but especially in the hard ones.
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(Proverbs 27:9) The sweetness of friendship has often been sweetest for me in the worst times. Scripture doesn't disagree with me: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17). God gives us friends for our joy in every season and circumstance, but especially in the hard ones.
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- When I showed my roommate, he was so freaked out he left black beans cooking on the stove to rush me to the hospital (no, the house did not burn down).
- Sweetness in Seven Stitches Once when I was in seminary, I attempted to fix a cheap picture frame, and one of the brackets sliced my wrist open.
- By the time we arrived in the ER, the bleeding had stopped — though, given the location of the cut, the nurse...
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Anyone with friends knows that every other joy doubles with friends. I believe that effect multiplies in the valleys. I wouldn't trade these men for millions of dollars.
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