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Although, several times this week, I have posted transforming scripture about friendship, love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness...this post is very different...let me tell you why. My friend, Tina sent me the following list of statements in a note on FACEBOOK about friendship on Tuesday during the day. Actually, God used Tina to send these statements that would minister to a friend of mine many times during the next 24 hours. As so often is the case, God uses someone to minister in our time of need, "with MERCY and GRACE", as Hebrews 4:16 says. Thank you, Tina!
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What a lesson on friendship these words are! As you read the words below, I am confident that you do not have to experience the horrific hurts of friendship if you will understand and live by these principles. Let them TRANSFORM your thinking about friendship. The very last one I added to this list whose author is unknown.
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- I BELIEVE...that just because two people argue , it doesn't mean that they don't LOVE each other. And, just because they don't argue doesn't mean they do LOVE each other.
- I BELIEVE...that we don't have to change friends if we UNDERSTAND that friends change.
- I BELIEVE...that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must FORGIVE them for that.
- I BELIEVE...that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
- I BELIEVE...that it is taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be.
- I BELIEVE...that you should always leave LOVED ones with LOVING WORDS. It may be the last time you see them.
- I BELIEVE...that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
- I BELIEVE...that we are RESPONSIBLE for what we do no matter how we feel.
- I BELIEVE...that either you CONTROL YOUR ATTITUDE or it controls you.
- I BELIEVE...that heroes are the people who do what has to be done regardless of the consequences.
- I BELIEVE...that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
- I BELIEVE...that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time!
- I BELIEVE...that sometimes the people that you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
- I BELIEVE...that sometimes when I'm angry, I have the right to be angry...but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
- I BELIEVE...that MATURITY has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
- I BELIEVE...that it isn't always enough to be FORGIVEN by others, sometimes you have to FORGIVE yourself.
- I BELIEVE...that no matter how hard your heart is broken the world does not stop for your grief.
- I BELIEVE...that our background and CIRCUMSTANCES may have influenced who we are but we are responsible for who we become.
- I BELIEVE...that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret...it could change your life forever.
- I BELIEVE...that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
- I BELIEVE...that your life can be totally changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
- I BELIEVE...that even when you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
- I BELIEVE...that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
- I BELIEVE...that the happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything.
- I BELIEVE...that God is in control and that Jesus is my best FRIEND.
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Hey, sister, wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, grandaughter...be sure and be a friend...a friend of God!
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