A good friend.

As I've been reading through 1 Thessalonians I've been just moved by Paul's love for these people. At the end of chapter 2 all the way into chapter 3 he just talks about loving them, and why he did things for them, and how he wishes he could be with them. Paul was a true friend to these people, all he wanted to do was strengthen their walks with the Lord, and just love them. This reminded me of how important a good friend is. I've been blessed with a hand full of men that I can honestly say are like a Paul to me. They are always there for me and are always available to me if I ever needed to talk. Because of these men I can say I feel like one of the Thessalonians. What I mean by that is Paul and his companions would help the Thessalonians with their faith, would encourage them, and look out for the well being of the people. That's what a good friend does. A good friend is there for you to tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. A good friend is someone that strengthens your faith when it's down, lift you up when you're down, and to me the most important thing a good friend does is listen and pray for you.
So why am I saying this? I believe that everyone of us needs people like that in our lives. God didn't intend for us to do life alone. We know that we need him, and only him but he also wanted us to share life with eachother. We as believers need, I repeat NEED strong believers in our lives to help us out with our hardships. If you don't have a strong, Jesus loving person in our life you NEED to get one. Trust me you need that person in your life to walk along side you in your times of need. I would be an emotional wreck if I didn't have these people in my life. I really believe that if you feel that your stuck or just can't get over the hump then get yourself a strong man if your a man and women if your a women. Don't do life alone.
So my prayer for us today is first if we don't have that person in our life I pray that God would bring them into your life. Second I pray that if you do have that person but don't really use them I pray that you would. I pray that we would realize the importance of strong believers in our lives. I pray that we would have the faith and strength to let God be God.