are you my friend?

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

- Luke 6:27-28

Friendship is kind of a fickle thing, isn’t it?

I have always had trouble making friends, I mean, I have lots of people that I talk to, lots of people that I interact with, but finding those true-blue-i-would-die-for-you friends, well, there are only a handful of those.

I have been hurt a lot by friends, I am sure we all have.

Those narcissists that you have trouble cutting out of your life, the person who is always right, the anything-you-can-do-i-can-do-better competitive person, the person that wants everything that you have and is willing to go to any length to get it – these are the ones that I seem to attract.

Maybe I have just gotten wiser in my old age, or maybe I am a bit more cynical or hesitant.

But no matter how these people are, God wants us to love them.

Really truly love them and pray for them.

Abraham Lincoln said “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”.

So maybe we should try a little harder, love a little more.

I am going to work on this.

Have a blessed day!