Friend or Foe
I tasked my sister with writing a piece that would describe her journey through life. Instead she wrote about friendship. I’m looking at this paper like “I said write about your life, not the difference between a foe and a friend!” However, it was very much so apart of her story.
Often times we refer to people as ‘friend’ but are they really our friends? Growing up I thought having a lot friends meant that everyone liked you and it made you a really cool person. The older I got the more I realized that friendship was just the opposite.
Quality of the relationship over the status of a title.
The dictionary defines friend as a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection. A foe….an enemy or opponent.
The longer you are around a person the better you get to know who they truly are. Not just what they like or what they dislike but things that most people wouldn’t care to know. Do you know what your friend feels like when they get frustrated? Do you know what helps your friend get through a really tough day?
I’ve lost a lot of so called ‘friends’ in my life that really affected how I felt people in general. These are the same people I thought I knew. Imagine spending time with a person that knows all your secrets only for them to expose you in a light that tarnishes your image.
I once had a conversation with my dad about a situation I had with a person I called my friend. By the end of this conversation my dad told me that the person was simply jealous of me. Jealous of me? Why? I don’t dress in the fanciest of clothes neither did I consider myself to be JET beauty of the week so how could anybody possibly be jealous of me?
It is because of your anointing!
A lot of people hide behind materialistic things that help them escape from their own insecurities. One thing I know for sure is that you can not hide the light God has given you. And because I know this to be true I no longer concern myself with the matter.
“They were never your friend to begin with!”
If you have to question a person’s loyalty, drop them. If a person pulls more out of you than they sow into to you…. two fingers to the sky.
Life is entirely too short to consume yourself with a fake friend.
It will take some getting used to, but nothing compares to the feeling of surrounding yourself with positive people. Being around people that have goals and ambitions and don’t mind helping you execute your vision is what true friendship entails.
The Bible says the “iron sharpens iron.”
Take a good look at yourself and evaluate your friendships. Are you a friend or foe?