He who would be happy here must have friends; and he who would be happy hereafter, must above all things, find a friend in the world to come, in the person of God, the Father of His people.
True friendship can only be made between true men. Hearts are the soul of honor. There can be no lasting friendship between bad men. Bad men may pretend to love each other, but their friendship is a rope of sand, which shall be broken at any convenient season; but if a man have a sincere heart within him, and be true and noble, then we may confide in him.
Charles Spurgeon Daily Help
I am intrigued by the above devotion. It causes me to think. I believe I am happy because I have friends and most importantly, hereafter I have found in the world to come my Heavenly Father who will forever be mine!
However I was struck by the thought of true friendship and true men. True men and bad men. I truly belive that true friendship can only be made with men, as written by Charles Spurgeon above, who have sincere heart within them, and be true and noble. Truth cannot be tainted with lies which by far seems pretty common in this world.
I wonder how bad men pretend to love one another? Inwardly, I may well fall into this trap of 'pretending'.... I felt sad. Perhaps this is the only way to respond to bad men? Wisdom is definitely needed to discern between True men and Bad men. But I have seen bad men really well disguised and sincerely think they are true. The complications are there. How do I respond?
This verse comes into my mind as I ponder.
"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.
But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."
Jeremiah 17:9-10 The Message
My security lies in the fact above. God searches my heart and examines my mind. He knows and He judges fairly.
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