I had the pleasure of spending last evening in the company of wonderful friends. What a better topic to ponder today than the blessing of true friendship. In a season where so much is focused on gifts, the most precious are companionship, kinship, fellowship, and the love shared among friends. We inherit our families. We choose our friends. I believe both relationships are inspired by the hand of God.Today my heart is full. I hope you, too, have the opportunity to raise a glass and share a laugh with those who choose to walk through life with you.
In the words from that most treasured of Christmas movies,
"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
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