Comments on: The discovery of friendship http://blog.fotbwny.org/2009/10/07/the-discovery-of-a-friendship/ Living a Lifestyle of Prayer in a busy world Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dalene http://blog.fotbwny.org/2009/10/07/the-discovery-of-a-friendship/comment-page-1/#comment-37 dalene Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:15:46 +0000 http://blog.fotbwny.org/?p=51#comment-37 Wow, Shulamite. Well written! Amen! Wow, Shulamite. Well written! Amen!

]]> By: Shulamite http://blog.fotbwny.org/2009/10/07/the-discovery-of-a-friendship/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Shulamite Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:01:01 +0000 http://blog.fotbwny.org/?p=51#comment-35 Amen, Kevin. It is in these simple relationships that God's unsearchable nature is unveiled to me so often...especially lately. Family, blood...and then eternal family or, most friends. The pangs of love and of hurt, of offense and of forgiveness run deep when it involves those to whom we are bound forever! Like a sledgehammer hitting a nail...the revelations of a loyal, devoted friend in God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit hit me to the core. He's a God that does not run away, does not accuse...rather He wraps accepting, gentle arms around us...welcoming us in our weakness, even bidding us to come closer the weaker we feel. WOW! That's single-minded focus and devotion. That's staying friendship. Please...come Spirit of Elijah! We beseech you! We NEED this in our lives! We need the hearts of fathers and of children to be so deeply in love with You... to be You in each others' lives...to be willing to be transformed into your likeness, like a pliable metal melting into the shape of a beautiful mould. Let us go deeper, FOTBWNY! Let us be that preciously, intricately shaped metal...each one in each of our own circles. And God, empower us, we pray. Help me...I pray. Amen, Kevin.

It is in these simple relationships that God’s unsearchable nature is unveiled to me so often…especially lately. Family, blood…and then eternal family or, most friends. The pangs of love and of hurt, of offense and of forgiveness run deep when it involves those to whom we are bound forever!

Like a sledgehammer hitting a nail…the revelations of a loyal, devoted friend in God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit hit me to the core. He’s a God that does not run away, does not accuse…rather He wraps accepting, gentle arms around us…welcoming us in our weakness, even bidding us to come closer the weaker we feel.

WOW! That’s single-minded focus and devotion. That’s staying friendship.

Please…come Spirit of Elijah! We beseech you! We NEED this in our lives! We need the hearts of fathers and of children to be so deeply in love with You… to be You in each others’ lives…to be willing to be transformed into your likeness, like a pliable metal melting into the shape of a beautiful mould.

Let us go deeper, FOTBWNY! Let us be that preciously, intricately shaped metal…each one in each of our own circles. And God, empower us, we pray. Help me…I pray.

]]> By: dalene http://blog.fotbwny.org/2009/10/07/the-discovery-of-a-friendship/comment-page-1/#comment-27 dalene Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:18:02 +0000 http://blog.fotbwny.org/?p=51#comment-27 A good reminder of His friendship. I think that's 1 of the things I tend to forget about. God is so multi-faceted & for some reason I forget the friend aspect of His character. Something for me to pray about I guess. Thank you Kev! A good reminder of His friendship. I think that’s 1 of the things I tend to forget about. God is so multi-faceted & for some reason I forget the friend aspect of His character. Something for me to pray about I guess. Thank you Kev!

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