Keep Your Friends Close

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In our troubles we lean on friends,

We face grief side by side.
There’s no struggle too hard for friends,
We take them all in stride.
 
In times of joy we turn to friends
To share our bliss and cheer,
For happiness will overflow
When those we love are near.
 
Our friends are those who share our world,
Live knowing our embrace,
But they are also those whom God
Has sent us through his Grace.
 
Regard each friend as if a gift
And gather them around,
For they are treasures sent from God;
A blessing most profound.
  
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.