Friendship Lost

I want you to take a minute and think about the people in your life who are or have been your closest friends over the years. You can close your eyes if it helps so you can picture their faces (but then open them and keep reading). 


As you think about those people and picture them in your mind no doubt you will have some good feelings and a smile may even begin to spread across your face as you think about the great times you have had, and the reasons why they became such close friends.


However, even as you find joy in those memories, no doubt there will also be a some moments of sadness as you think about the friends you have lost - those who have passed away or moved away. And there are the friends you have lost who are still very much alive, and maybe even still living near you, but they are just no longer your friend. 


The smile that spreads across your face as you think of your friends can stop spreading as you remember the pain of a friendship that has been lost. That pain is the reason for this blog. Loosing a friend to death or distance is painful for sure, but loosing a friendship to conflict, rumor, or misunderstanding can be incredibly painful too.


In the blogs that follow I will be writing about why it hurts so much to loose a friendship, the eternal connection between people, the things we do that kill friendships, and the Biblical truths that reveal how to have great and lasting friendships.


If you think this will be a helpful blog, please give me some feedback and I'll keep on blogging.