Disappearing Friends
You know anyone that the last time you saw them would be the last time you saw them?
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You know anyone that the last time you saw them would be the last time you saw them?
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14 Replies to “Disappearing Friends”
Just listened to Nutshell Sermon’s for today. The message spoke loud and clear to me. Hope Your Well My Friend.
Hi Sonny Thanks, sorry you can relate to this one.. but comes a time…looks like this might be first time you’ve commented so thanks for that.. I’m here to keep both of us going! LOL
The only thing that helps me when I find out people I hnew have passed is knowing that, if they knew Jesus as their savior, I would see them again in Heaven. And if they weren’t saved, it pushes me to spend more time telling others of the saving grace of Jesus. It would be a lot easier if we could take all of those we know and love with us!
Hi Kenneth.. thanks for commenting .. knowing the God is Just I know he gives everyone a chance to choose.. and maybe we don’t even know their final choice. hope so… I’ve gotten more dogmatic in recent years about the priority!
I had a friend in my creative writing class who was writing his memoirs and was very serious about his faith. One morning I wanted to ask a favor and learned he had passed away within the past few hours, which was a shock due to his excellent health. I wrote a sympathy card to his family and put it under his door to let his family know about his project. The amazing thing was how many people he knew and told about his project and his faith and it was so wonderful to know he wasn’t alone. His family said he didn’t finish the memoir and he choked to death. He had just turned 60. A true story of God plucking a flower from the garden because he needed it!
Wow.. kind of a sweet n sour story .. thanks for sharing… you never mentioned his name
I had one great friend in Jr high and high school. The day I signed the papers for the military, I closed a book and another began. We moved a lot so not so good at making friends. My wife and I stayed in one place so that our kids could grow up with a whole set of friends. We succeeded. They’re now grown but they are still very close to a number of those friends. Yeah we’re only here in this world for a sec. The least we can do is hold on to the ones we love and be a friend to someone. Makes me laugh, but people think that Jewish life is a lot of legalism. But when you read the Torah( first 5 books of the bible ). You’ll find a whole lot of stuff about how to treat one another. Jesus said don’t take your sacrifice to the alter if you got a problem with your brother. So in short : our relationship with God has a lot to do with our relationships with others as much or more so than with him…
My family moved a lot when I was young but not so much with my youngest brother.. he has some long term friends and loathes me that I am not close … feels like a defect of character to me
Those of us that moved around a lot tend to be a bit closed off.
I think it might have had profound impact on my relational situations! MK
I’m not close with any of the people I knew in my youth. Just got back from a graduation party this weekend where I saw people I hadn’t seen in a while. It was nice to do a little reconnecting and to push your podcast too. (Ha!)
I’ve always been a bit of an outcast, the weirdo in the group, and as I get older find that it’s exhausting to develop friendships even though I know I need to have them. What a conundrum; needing friends, but not wanting to make friends. Oy vey, just where do I go from here?
LOL.. I make friends pretty easy but then it’s because the turn over is pretty high! ROFL
Yes, I count friends as the most precious entity in my life, but I concur with your experiences.
nice to see you on here.. I have posted the nutshell about my Bergonia’s yet.. but it will be a prayer you won’t hear in church!