“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his
master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I
learned from my Father
I have made known to you,” (John 15:15).
Who is a friend? Many a times we
can ask or we really do. I want to borrow the description of C. Raymond Beran
in his book of "Bits and Pieces":
He says that friends are people
with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with them. They ask
you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. They do not want you to be
better or worse. When you are with them, you feel as a prisoner feels, who has
been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard.
You can say what you think, as
long as it is genuinely you. Friends understand those contradictions in your
nature that lead others to misjudge you. With them you breathe freely. You can
avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your
meannesses and absurdities and in opening them up to friends, they are lost,
dissolved on the white ocean of their loyalty. They understand. You do not have
to be careful. You can abuse them, neglect them and tolerate them.
Best of all, you can keep still
with them. It makes no matter. They like you. They are like fire that purges to
the bone. They understand. You can weep with them, sing with them, laugh with
them and pray with them. Through it all and underneath they see, know and love
you. What is a friend? Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself.
Jesus is our friend. We may have
neglected the friendship or been out of touch for a while from Him but the Lord
continues to have an intimate and growing relationship with each one of us who
comes to Him. He’s ready whenever we are to renew the friendship. Our Friend
Jesus is waiting to hear from us. If so, then let us get back and be in touch
with Him again. Let us build friendship with Jesus into our life’s story.
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