To True Friends... There are no Better Ones!

Three weeks ago I had Breakfast with a friend.

This week I had lunch with another friend.

Last night my wife and I had the pleasure of spending the evening with another couple and having dinner.

Today, to spend some time with another while our kids played together.


There are things common I have with each. There is a mutual bond expressed by each as well.


The bonds that tie... I am so appreciative for true friends. My heart is filled with joy for the thought of them. Some I can share the world with, others, I can share time with. To all, I have shared myself with.


True friends are friends that are a gamble to extend yourself to. They have chosen to gamble their intimacy, likewise, on me as well.

Regardless of the circumstance(s).
A True Friend, is just that... True.


What does being true mean:

consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

I must recognize that we all make mistakes. We are all, of course, human.

I must also recognize, that if I betray the friendship I have developed, that I am gambling the friendship and could lose it all. Any intelligent individual can acknowledge this and most likely accept it as being wisdom. I would rather have one true friend, than 100 that would betray me and tell me they were protecting me; all the while plotting and gambling the very friendship they thought they were protecting.

A friendship is a pact. A silent oath that says, "You are my friend, I can come to you, you can come to me. We can trust each other."



The pain, the remorse, the anxiety, the anger, the sadness, the rage, the fear, the repulsiveness, the betrayal. All at the hand of someone gambling, deceiving, conniving, .... what for?

For self? Why ever choose to gamble a true friend? Why ever choose to betray a friendship? ...

The reasons? The Justifications?
They are of very little consequence. They do nothing to heal the wounds. They are but mere words that carry no healing in their breath, unless they are of truth. If they are of truth, there is no poison in them. If they are of self, they carry poison and a stench that lingers when they are in your presence.

True Friends... There no better ones. They love, respect, entreat, chastise, comfort, encourage, protect, and will do nothing to betray that. They may hurt you with their words. They may do things we don't like. They may even hurt us with their actions. But they never betray the friendship. Why? They are True. They give of themselves, rather than looking to get of another. They bring as good as they get. They give and expect nothing.

True Friends. That is who I spent my time with this week.

I pray I never betray a single friend and that I am worthy of their respect and the friendship they return.

To my best friend: I forgive, I love, I comfort, I forget.
To my true friends: I forgive, I love, I comfort, I forget.

My heart beats for reconciliation. My blood carries forgiveness and desires to be spilled to cover transgression. My blood is of the throne of God, and I must forgive when asked for forgiveness, When true repentance I am faced with, When the guise of masked loyalty is removed and the heart of another I am faced with, I will be as I only can be. True. That is the Spirit that is in me.


Don't cry "weakness" to me. Don't cry "foolishness" to me. Cry TRUTH... it will set you free.