“Everyone longs to have lasting, close frienships. Achieving these special frienships is something that takes time, work, and perserverence. Do you have what it takes to be a good friend? Do you long for a friend that you can call “the best”?
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i want ot get answer to this also, How can i konw if i meet the true person…
I have what it takes to be a good friend
I always tell my friends what is wrong with me and any good news i have.When they get mad at me they would not speak to me and would start talking bad about me. What would you advise me to do?
i dunno if i believe in the term best friend i dunno..i guess i just have a hard time trusting people…ive just been hurt so many times is just really hard
When I look back at all those I’ve considered my “best friend”, I realize that as time passed I was able to see how each of those people contributed in me becoming who I am today. A difficult lesson I’ve learned is that “the words and actions of others may eclipse the motive of their heart”. I don’t know that we should try to attain a single best friend as we may miss out on other great relationships. This is a great article on being a good friend. http://womentodaymagazine.com/selfesteem/goodfriend.html
here are some thoughts on friendship. Friends are a very important aspect of life no matter what age you are. “make new friends but keep the old, one is silver an the other gold” is a very true statement. It’s worth understanding how to be a good friend, and how to pick a good friend.
(writen by Suzanne Brenner)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).
Rather than faddish methods for friendship, the Bible gives basic, ageless instruction on how to live in community in a way that honors God.
There is no impatience, envy, rudeness or selfishness in love, but rather it is characterized by humility, forgiveness and trust.
Friendship usually starts off so well — you have common interests, you have fun together, you just click — that we don’t often think about the elements that make up a godly friendship. Yet most of us have experienced the breakdown of a friendship. Thus we need the truth from God’s Word to teach us how to love.
Romans 12:9-21 provides basic principles that can be applied to every relationship in our lives:
Be sincere
Reject what is evil
Cling to what is good
Be faithful
Share
Be hospitable
Never return an unkind deed with an unkind deed Be happy with those who are happy Be sad with those who are sad Get along Don’t be arrogant Be a friend to someone regardless of his or her position or status Don’t take revenge, but trust God to look after you .
As we put these principles into action, we will become friends who know how to love.
Prayer: I want to be that kind of person. Teach me how to love like You love.”