INSPIRASUNS

I’m so fortunate to have wonderful friends. My “circle” isn’t huge, but those that I consider close friends are more like family to me 🙂 . I’m guessing I’m not alone in that regard; you all are blessed in that way, too.

This morning, as I was thinking about my friends and smiling to myself about that blessing, I felt the need to give an extra thanks to Father for the gift of each of them. Why don’t we all give thanks together for the gift of our friends? I found this special prayer that does just that and thought I’d share it here with you.

Heavenly Father, thank you for my friends. Even if they are few in number, they are an important part of my life. I pray a blessing on them today. I pray for them to be held by Your hand and kept in the promises of Your word.

Help me to be a good friend to them. As I look to the interests of others, not just my own, I pray that I would love them well. Help me to be a good listener and an encouraging companion to them.

As my friends struggle, Lord, help me to be there for them. When I need their aid, help me to ask them and not try to do everything by myself. Help me to always treat them with love and respect, reaching out even when I want someone to reach out to me instead.

Friendship can’t be selfish, Lord. I know that. So help me see my friends. I know they are like me when it comes to not wanting to be a burden, but your Word tells us to share each other’s burdens. A burden shared builds bonds of love.

Help me be there for my friends in their grief and their struggles, being a loving presence for them to cry with. When they rejoice, help me to rejoice with them, no matter how I might feel about my own circumstances.

I pray for those who need friends. You care so much for them, Lord. Bring a special friend to them that they can share life with. You don’t want anyone to be alone. But in those times when we might feel loneliness, help us to seek your presence.

Thank you, Father, for all my friends, past, present, and future. Bless them and keep them in Jesus’ name. Amen.

As you start your day, just take a moment to think about the friends in your life, and give thanks to Father for the simple yet so special gift of them.  

Have a good day, everyone. Oh, and thanks so much for your prayers for my friend Dave, surgery went well yesterday 🙂 .

Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.