What is true friendship? Do you have a friend that you trust
implicitly, a friend that you can share anything with? Has this person ever
done anything to break your trust, betray you? How did you react? How did you
feel? Was there a feeling of anger, fear, betrayal or defensiveness? What was the
outcome? Was there a split or separation? How long did the hard feelings or the
break up last?
This may seem like a rather obvious statement but I am going
to do it anyways – deep friendships that experience a breach of trust can
either rebound rather quickly with very little recounting at a later date or a
complete and often permanent disassociation. Profound statement and yet rarely
is there an in between. In some cases, years may go by and some catalyst helps
besties rekindle their friendship and in other cases some may come back
together but there is an underlying stressor of doubt and the trust of the past
is never the same.
My question is this; what if true friendship meant true
forgiveness? True and complete forgiveness that is represented by complete
trust regardless of past wrongs is truly a wonderful concept but what if this
was not a concept?
6 You
see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ
died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die
for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to
die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in
this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8 (NIV)
Adam and Eve broke trust with God and yet He never left them
and, throughout the ages, every single one of His children has breached that
sacred trust at one time or another. We have all sinned against God but through
it all He never left us, none of us is forsaken and in that there is joy. While
we were still sinners, Christ gave up His mortal life so that we would know
Glory. That is true friendship, true love.
When someone hurts you, someone close, are you ready to Live
the Love of Christ? This Sunday, we will once again be at the Camp Harmattan
service and look forward to seeing you there. For those who watch us on Facebook
Live (https://www.facebook.com/todd.macdonald.3158)
, we will post a devotional on Sunday.
Blessings
Pastor Todd
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