TRUE Friendship

Here we go again with jealousy. Oooo, how it works on a persona heart. Saul's jealousy towards David is all started with a song the Israelites sing about David. The jealousy increases so much he wants David dead. Thank God Jonathan has befriended David, If it were not for him David just might have been dead.

We all do it. Get jealous over someones success. But it all stems from insecurity. And those insecurities are NOT from God. Anger, Envy, Fear, Jealousy. Ar any of these thing in your hear right now that you have to work on? Then it's time we pray about it and ask the Lord to help us take these sorrowful things out of our lives and to help us be a bit more like Jonathan. You know he had just as much of a reason to be jealous towards David. Come on. I feel that Saul cared for David as much or maybe more then he did his own son. And Jonathan knew in his heart that David would someday be King not him. That's is for sure room for jealousy, but not one word is mentioned as of yet about Jonathan being jealous.

Then the best thing happened to that friendship. It got tested. A sign of a true friendship is through those tests. Can it endure, can the Friend be trusted? Will, they really there for each other when you REALLY need them. In times of stress and depression it is important to have Friend who are LOYAL and TRUSTWORTHY!. Especially right now in this economy. If you have a friend who owns a business and you can use their service....use them not some outsider.

I have had too many times in my/husbands business where friends have used outsiders for their business transaction instead of us. It hurts more then you can imagine and it shows the true sign of where that friends heart is. How loyal and trustworthy they really are. Now do not get me wrong if a friend goes to you before hand and says they are not comfortable using your service because you are friends (wierd as it may sounds to some of us) fine, but to use another cell phone company, or car repair or real estate agent or day care or hair stylist etc in place of your friend....where is the loyalty?

Jonathan was loyal to David and trustworthy to be his friend and not lie and do for him as if he were his blood brother. That is what friendships are all about. Do you think David and Jonathan's friendship would have been the same if he would not have been so loyal. No! Deep in David's heart he would never feel like he could trust him again. Where is your friendships? Are you loyal and trustworthy? Are you "Best friends" loyal and trustworthy? Would they or you be there for each other in tough times? Some questions to ponder and think about!