A sweet friend asked me to contribute to her blog site about my faith and how friendship has played a part in it. Friends have encouraged me and helped to strengthen my faith for as long as I can remember.
Here is what I shared:
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:12-13
I know that I will never be capable to love as Jesus has loved me. And to know that there is no greater love than to lay my life down for a friend? Inconceivable. I have gone ten rounds in my head, thinking about all the wonderful friendships that God has blessed me with in my, ahem, 30-some odd years on this earth.
He gently pursued me over ten years ago. I put up my hand and gently said No. Over the next couple of months to follow, I thought about it some more and reconsidered the gesture. So, this friend and I gave it another try. He was an absolute gentleman, taking me out on a nice date. What I remember is thinking I just wanted to run into the house and tell my roomates what a bad idea this was. And I did. It didn’t go over so well so we parted ways. We had been friends the two years, prior, so it was a little strange to have a different sentiment on our friendship. In fact, it changed everything...
You can read the rest at a fancy little blog by my friend Aimee, called: www.fancylittlethings.com
