{"id":264,"date":"2019-04-17T20:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/?p=264"},"modified":"2022-06-03T10:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:02:34","slug":"biblical-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/2019\/04\/17\/biblical-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, April 10, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christinehoover98\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Hoover<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a blogger\/author from Virginia, spoke in chapel, and within her first sentence, I was thinking, \u201cOh, man, I really need to be taking notes.\u201d I pulled out my notebook <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and knew this was going to be something I wanted to remember. Why\u2019s that? Well, the title of her message was \u201cBiblical Friendship\u201d and over the past weekend, I almost lost some of my closest friends because of my own selfishness and personal agenda. It\u2019s kind of embarrassing to say, but I was not a good friend, and the Lord greatly humbled me. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I furiously scribbled down her words, I thought about how much I value friendship, but one of the first things Christine said was, \u201cIf you\u2019re putting too much weight\/pressure on something, then it\u2019s becoming an idol.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-large wp-image-267 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?resize=700%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?resize=700%2C350&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?resize=250%2C125&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?resize=120%2C60&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Social-Chapel-Quote-2019-04-10-Hoover-twitter.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past several years, people have been drilling into me how important the friends you make in college are. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese will be your lifelong friends\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInvest deeply into these people\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese are the people you\u2019ll invite to your wedding\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etc, etc, etc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had been talking to my mom a couple days prior to this chapel about concerns with my current group of friends. I didn\u2019t feel like they were fulfilling something in my life. Had these people invested in my life? Were they helping me grow? Were they concerned about me at all? However, something Christine said right at the beginning really stuck with me, \u201cWe have to be secure in Christ before we can imitate God\u2019s friendship with other people.\u201d Had I been putting too much pressure on what my earthly friendships looked like that I completely lost sight of my heavenly friendship? I was overly concerned with the idea of good friendships with people that I forgot that God Himself was the first-ever friend when He walked with Adam in the garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only had I put my friendships on a pedestal, but I also lost the focus on what friendship even looks like. Christine listed 4 ways to practically practice friendship. Her first point was \u201cConsider where your focus is. Are you concerned about what people do for you or what you can do for others?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?resize=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?resize=120%2C90&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?w=1999&amp;ssl=1 1999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wow. Here I was thinking about what everyone was doing for me, but had I stopped to consider what kind of friend I had been to them? Jesus came to serve, not to be served. It is more blessed to give than receive. Christine mentioned something that my dad has always told me growing up: When you walk into a room, your focus should be \u201cthere <\/span><b>you<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are\u201d and not \u201chere I am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friendships can be awkward and risky and difficult, but you can be sanctified by friendship and you\u2019ll grow because of it. Practice bearing each other\u2019s burdens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proverbs 11:25 says, \u201cWhoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Hoover\u2019s message was amazing, and I would absolutely recommend watching it. (I even sent it to my mom and sisters). You can find her message on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarville.edu\/Chapel\/Archive.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chapel archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wow. Here I was thinking about what everyone was doing for me, but had I stopped to consider what kind of friend I had been to them? 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