29Apr
In good times and bad, meaningful friendships make life better. It’s 3:00 AM, you stir from sleep to go to the restroom, but when your feet touch the floor, the carpet feels like a mossy creek bed. A quick moment of thought combined with wriggling your toes confirms that you are not dreaming. When you went to bed, you started the dishwasher, and a hose has come loose.
At 3:00 in the morning, who can you call? Better put, who can you call for help that won’t hate you for calling. Will you get a sleepy, “What? What happened? I’ll be right over and bring my shop vac.” Or, will you hear the pages of a phone book rustle as they look up a plumber for you to call?
Some of my best relationships were forged working side by side with friends to address a problem or to accomplish a worthy goal. Solomon said, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor…Though one be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” (Eccl. 4:9, 11-12 NIV)
Forging friendships with significant tensile strength requires investment. If there is no reciprocity, you have misread the relationship. “Band of Brothers/Sisters” outcome is worth the effort to create and maintain. “Pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” (Eccl. 4:10 NIV)
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