"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:15
I've been on a journey of really desiring to know God intimately. This means letting Him consistently be for me, what I've so deeply sought and desired from others around me. This isn't a very easy task. Like this simple concept of what it means to be God's friend.
Now, I don't know about you, but I've had many different kind of friends in my life. Friends that are fair weathered. Friends that are of convenience. Friends that are of practicality. Friends that are from school. Friends that are from church. Friends that I've met during my travels. Friends that are like sisters. Friends that are like brothers. Friends that are like fathers. Friends that are like mothers.
All of these relationships, indicate differing levels of closeness and connection. And because each of these have held for me different kinds of experiences; joy filled, sorrow filled, filled with acceptance, filled with compassion, filled with indifference, filled with intimacy, filled with stress, etc. When I try and really know what kind of friend God wants to be for me...I struggle.
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