I Am, a Friend.

To those who are feeling sad, lonely, depressed, and rejected.
I am, your Friend.

To those who are as little children, my love has no end.

To those who once knew me, but have sense turned their back,

I am still your friend, though you see me as black.

To those who are lost and have no hope to be found, I am your Friend.

Though you spit on and curse me, and my heart does rend.

I would end your pain and dry up your tears,

For I do forgive you of all those years.

To those whom I love, and who love me in return,

I give my kingdom, and endless knowledge to learn.

To those who would have me hung on a cross,

your pain is your own, but I have paid the cost.

You don't know me, I lived many years ago,

but my influence doth shine, very much a glow.

I have been beaten, bruised to death,

so that ye may have and enjoy, your breath.

but yet ye do know me,

I created the world,

and it's beauty stands,

as a testimony,

I Am, The Lord.

In this winter season it is very easy to feel sad, lonely, or hopeless, the world gets colder and less friendly. It's easy to get stressed out. How thankful i am that I have so many wonderful friends to guide me in my life. I don't know what I would do with out them. but I know I have a greater Friend then what exists in my friends and family on earth, and that is The Lord, Jesus Christ, the Great I Am, I love him so much; I know that when I turn to him for comfort and aid that he will help me. He has paid the price for my sins, and I know I can come back to live with him someday. I am comforted by the knowledge that what ever affliction I may feel on earth today, will eventually, when looking back on it, feel like a small moment in time, insignificant to the happiness I will feel for enduring to the end and entering into my exhultation. I know these things to be true, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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this is the first time i've done this, but I don't think this post is done. I need to share some extra quotes, not my own words, about what it means to be a friend. So here they are:

"A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren't true friends in the first place."
---Sandy Ratliff


"Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being a part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end."
---Unknown


"I believe in angels, the kind Heaven sends. I am surrounded by angels, but I call them my best friends."
---Unknown


"Memories last forever, never do they die. Friends stay together, never say goodbye."
---Melina Campos


"A best friend is a sister destiny forgot to give you."
---Unknown


"When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you, and your best friend will be there."
---Unknown


"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
---Unknown


"Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
---Ludwig Van Beethoven