Faithful Friend

My children and friends, Bogalusa, Louisiana 1980s

“A (faithful) friend loves at all times…” (Prov. 17:17)

            Jesus hand picked twelve friends to walk with Him for three years along the dusty roads of Israel as He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and set the captives free.

           The night before His crucifixion, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (Judas) had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard.”

            After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

            They laid hands on Him and seized Him. (Mark 14:43-46)

            When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing!” (Luke 23:33-34)

            A faithful friend “is patient and kind, not jealous or boastful or proud or rude, keeps no record of being wronged, never gives up, never loses faith, and endures through every circumstance.” (1 Cor. 13:4-7).

            There is a (faithful) friend who sticks closer than a brother (Prov. 18:24), and His name is

JESUS!!!!