Friendship?

Ecclesiastes 4:10: -"If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!"




My teenage son was asking me a few days ago if he could invite a friend over. Though I knew who the friend was, he hasn't really been over our house and my husband and I haven't met his parents.

Being on his Spring break for another week, I was torn between just us going out and doing things together [spending quality time so to speak] vs. him inviting his friend. But because my son had been studying hard, I decided to let him do so and let him relax and have a good time with his friend...

So, he placed a phone call to that specific friend and before they hung up with each other, I overheard my son, "Yeah, let's have our moms talk to each other before you come over."

I can't tell you how proud I was of my son and that friend for being responsible despite their age, and for the respect they both had shown to us, their parents. 5 minutes later, my cell phone rang and it was K's mom. First, it was an awkward conversation since we didn't know each other, so I decided to introduce a little bit about myself and my husband. She did the same with me after that. All of a sudden, there was just a weird feeling like we were comfortable though we had not met each other. So, she said she would bring her son the following day.

The palm trees were swaying back and forth as they were being rocked by the gusts of wind in our front yard. A white big truck parked in front of the curb and out came, K and his mom. My son and I were waiting at the door and we both hollered, "Good morning."

I invited Mrs. K. and showed her around the house, showed her some family pics and offered her to sit down. She started telling me she was a cancer survivor and through that, when she was feeling left alone by everyone even her best friend, that was when she came to know Christ! She is a teacher here in our district.

We had talked a little bit but I could tell, we were more comfortable now that we had met each other in person. The 2 boys had a great time playing together. I asked them, "What do you guys think happened that you both were just comfortable with each other yet you only have 1 class where you both go together?" Both of them said, they had the same interests, my son in designing cars and the other boy in designing airplanes, etc. etc...

I was trying to not interrupt the boys' answers, because before I even asked them that question, I already had a fixed answer in my mind...I blurted it out, "you both are brothers in Christ and that's why your friendship is neat because God had brought you together." My son goes, "thank You, Lord." K said, "Amen!"

When the night came and I was reflecting about us meeting this family, my heart was speaking with the Lord, saying, "To think that I almost didn't allow my son to invite his friend, not only that I, myself, would have missed out meeting a sister in Christ, Lord, I almost missed out on an answered prayer."

You see, during some of my own devotions, I always pray for my son for the Lord to always guide and protect him and most of all, give him Christian friends."...

"Lord, mighty are Your works! Thank You for Your friendship. It's not about finding true friends...It's about being one...."

9 comments:

  1. What an amazing story! Too often as well it's our children that will lead many to Christ as well. I have a friend that my daughter has known for almost 5 years now, and in that time, we knew this girl had issues with her parents, neither of whom are a Christian.

    My daughter began the offer of inviting her to the youth group at our church and exposing her to Christian friends. We are so pleased that she has come to Christ through one of those youth services and now is trying to share her faith at home.

    It just goes to show you that if your raise a child up in the way of the Lord, when they are older, they will not depart from it, and will bring others to Him!

    Love and Hugs ~ Kat

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  2. Amen, sis Kat! That was a great story, yourself! That was what my son's friend asked my son, "if he was involved in a youth group". I was so blessed to hear him asked my son that and that was why he was so happy to know that we are Christians, too! God is truly amazing! Blessings to you...love and prayers back at you.

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  3. This brought back memories of when my kids were in school and our home was filled with friends. I enjoyed this story and I hope your friendship flourishes with the mom and the boys grow in their friendship, too.

    You're a neat gal,Rosel. Thanks for your prayers. They're powerful.

    Love,
    Mary

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  4. A pleasure to always see you visiting sis Maryyyy!!!! Don't need to thank me.Let's give it to the One Who answers our prayers!!!Glory to our dearest Father! I know you don't need to go anywhere because I'm sure you're having a great time with your daughter and grandchild, but I hope you get to see a lot of nice places down in SD. The weather is perfect most of the time!God bless you sis Mary and your family. I'm so glad you can post despite the precious time you're in right now...Love you sister...

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  5. This precious story blessed me, thank you.

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  6. What a great story Rosel. You followed your heart, which is filled with Him and He answered your prayers.

    You are a precious woman in the Lord and I'm happy to be your Sister-in-Christ and your blogging friend as well.

    Love you,
    Alleluiabelle

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  7. Sis Denise, thank you [again!] for your encouraging comments.

    Right back at you, sis Alleluiabelle. I am blessed to have met a lot of sisters like you. Love you too in Christ...

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  8. This is a wonderful story! You son sounds like a wonderful young man.

    Thank you for sharing your wisdom and your family with us.

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  9. Thank you sis Mary [Moss]. Yes, glory to God, my husband and I are so blessed to have him in our lives. He is a sweet, thoughtful, God-loving young man. So all the glory to the Lord! Go dbless you and your family.

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