Father God, let this touch someone’s heart today in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
It reads in Psalm 119:20; My soul is crushed with longing. After Your ordinances at all times.
I knew this girl in California. Her name was Donna. I was going to school in Riverside, California. Well, I would ride the bus all the way to Magnolia Street to go to school. Well, I met Donna on the bus each day, Monday thru Friday. Donna would talk to me all the time. We became friend. I knew she wasn’t feeling well though and I didn’t want to ask. One day the bus driver told me I shouldn’t hang with her. He had an opinion about her. Hmm! I didn’t care what he thought. I just sat in my seat. Just saying. Something in my heart told me not to listen to him. I mean I didn’t talk with him every day other than to say Hi or Have a blessed day. I stayed talking to Donna every time I saw her. She was a good person. She even believed in God. She started going to church with me on Sunday and She even got to know my mom and children. Donna finally opened up to us about her sickness. We found out she was dying from leukemia. This was in 1984. She worked at Hallmark on Magnolia Street. She didn’t have the medical insurance that she really needed. What was sad is that she was all alone. But we let her know we would be here for her. Sometimes we can say this, but God can do a lot more than us. So, we prayed for her. I kept believing for her healing. I prayed God would guide someone who could truly help her in her situation.
Well one day I was running late. Ended up walking all the way to school. I knew I had a test. While I was walking to school, someone through a water balloon out of their car and it hit me in my left femur. It hurt bad. They thought it was a joke. Not! Was not a joke to me. Got to school with tears of course. I took my test. I had a huge bruise on my femur from them throwing the water balloon. I got to the bus stop and waited. I got on the bus and the bus driver told me had heard that Donna had passed away. I felt crushed. We as friends make a lot of promises. But then I realized that I should never promise anything. I need to say yes or no. We can be there for someone. But not always. Stuff gets in the way of making a promise. Even with the best intentions I can’t keep a promise without breaking it. I know God will never break a promise. God is the only one that can be totally with us and for us. As a friend we can only try to be there for them. (God knew we couldn’t do it all. My husband’s quote now for me.) There is only one friend who will encourage you when you are discouraged. A friend who is always by our side and will never leave. Those friends that leave is in Jesus’s loving arms and safe. This is what I have realized over the years is to give others and anything into God’s hands.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You for good friends. I thank You and praise You that You are the closest friend, and You lead other friends in our lives to remind us of Your unconditional love and peace. You Jesus are a close friend to all of us that believe in You. Assist me daily to be steadfastly aware of Your loving and constant presence in my life In Your Precious Name Jesus Amen.
{Power Verse}
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. John 15:15
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