Friendships

So, there is this school of thought that the friends you made when you were much younger tend to be the best you will ever have.. How true is this?

Well, I would say it may be true to an extent, I still keep in touch with most of my Primary School friends, well maybe it's because I'm still in the same environment where I can see them, but you can still make great friends when you get older. Isn't it funny how when you were in the tertiary institution, those you rarely spoke to now happen to be your friends after you have all left.. I would say this that opportunity and circumstances creates Friendships.

Especially in this part of the world;Nigeria, where we have the NYSC, great friendships are birthed here. If you don't make any during this one year, then all the people around you must have been really terrible... Lol.

So as for me, who are my friends? Is it the person I chat with over bbm everyday or the person I call often on the phone? So who then is a friend? 

One definition goes thus -
"A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations"

Another says " :  A person who has a strong liking for and trust in another person."

Friendship breeds trust, mutual affection / likeness, and the good thing is its very easy to make a friend,  or is it?

The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24 AMP

So number one secret to making friends is you need to be true to yourself and pick someone of like interests,  you can't be a friend to everyone, the above scripture says it all.

A friend will do literally anything for you, ask yourself this question..  Are you a true Friend? Are your friends really friends.. As you start this year. Be sure to make a choice of your friends, leave acquaintances to be so and make the best out of every friendship you get.

I used to be of the school of thought that believed you can't have a best friend,  you just have plenty close friends,  but that has really changed cause I can say I do have close friends and a best friend... Someone I would do anything literally within my power for.

Jesus is our Friend and he died for us, I'm not saying you should die for anybody,  but that thing you know would take a lot out of you if you do it for someone is a sign that you really value the friendship you have. Think on those who have gone out of their way to do things not convenient for them to help you and you will find a friend that you have always wanted and needed.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17 KJV.

In all, be a friend indeed and in truth.