Proverbs and it’s emphasis on friendship!
“Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm”
- Proverbs 13:20
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend" 27:6
"A righteous man is cautious in friendship” 12:26
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" 17:17
To be wise you have to be good at friendship!
There are a lot of things that make a friend a real friend, but I’m going to suggest three marks of real friendship, the kind that is so crucial to living a wise life and making life work.
Availability: We must become intentional and make time for these relationships.
Authenticity: Authenticity: Friends will be vulnerable with you about their lives and vulnerable to the pains in your life, where they truly feel for you and are emotionally connected with you and allow you to do the same.
Accountability: A friend won’t stand idly by as you mess up your life. Like we talked about last week, they’ll speak the truth in love even if we don’t want to hear it.
Three challenges:
1. Make it a point to make yourself available to someone you consider a friend or a potential friend this week.
2. Make it a point to be more open and authentic with a friend than you usually would. Take a chance to share more of yourself this week with one person.
3. Make it a point to be accountable.
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