Forever Friends: A Lesson From Piglet and Pooh

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”


Do you have a forever friend?
Piglet and Poo more than likely consider each others forever-friends.... What is a forever friend....

“When we honestly ask ourselves

which person in our lives means the most to us,
we often find that it is those who,
instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures,
have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds
with a warm and tender hand.
The friend who can be silent with us
 in a moment of despair or confusion,
who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement,
who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a friend who cares.”   Nouwen

 

Plus, a forever friend lasts a lifetime.

There is someone else who wants to be your forever friend....
JESUS...a forever friend...with an eye on eternity.

 

Repeating Nouwen's words from "Out of Solitude"... it is those who...have chosen to share our pain and touch our wounds.... The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement.... and face with us the reality of our powerlessness... that is a friend who cares."  That is Jesus.

No longer do I call you servants,for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends,

for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15

Let's give thanks today for our earthly forever friends and for a Loving God who will never forsake us.