March 9th 2010 8:18 am
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I have been reading several posts today and I was thinking how some people really need to hear this. I believe it was brought to me as I needed to hear it and I bring it to you so you can hear it. Thank You

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The Secret to Making (and Keeping!) Friends

Friends. Where would we be without them? But making—and keeping—friends is not always easy. The Apostle Paul has some solid advice on how to do just that. It is found in Romans, Chapter 12. This is how that passage reads as translated by Eugene H. Peterson in The Message:

“Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t. If you help, just help, don’t take over. If you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don’t get bossy; if you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate; if you’re called to give aid to people in distress, keep your eyes open and be quick to respond; if you work with the disadvantaged, don’t get irritated with them or depressed by them. Keep a smile on your face.

Love from the center of who you are—don’t fake it. Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody.

Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. ‘I’ll do the judging,’ says God. ‘I’ll take care of it.’”

Think about your own life. How can you apply the ideas in this Biblical passage so that you are a better person, a better friend?

Thank You Mr Peterson and Apostle Paul...a few of you who have pawmailed me should stand tall.. Prince,

Leave it in Gods hands he sees.