Please excuse the audio and stuffiness. :)

I’ve had my fair share of friendship breakups and heart pains. I’ve been the bad friend, the entitled friend, the absent friend, the rude friend, the fun friend, the hiking friend, the Jamaican friend, the list goes on. But in this season, I want to be more intentional with the people God blesses me with.

So I’m following His example. Friendships take time to grow (maybe not 3 years for us but still some time). Jesus values friendship.

The message on friendship is this — allow people to grow with you, share in what you’re doing for the Kingdom of God, but hold these people loosely. Allow them room to get to know you, show you who they are, walk away from you, or walk with you.

Being equally yoked isn’t only for romantic relationships. It’s for friendships too.

Some friendships will remain shallow, some will be solely transactional, others will grow deep. It isn’t our responsibility to force it either way.

John 15: 15 - 17 , John 6: 65 - 69 → reflect on how they mirror and how they reveal the meaning of friendship. In the upper room, in Jesus’ final teaching to the disciples, is when he calls them ‘friend’ for the first time.

I’ll have a better mic by the next live, promise.

Anywho! Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments or reply to me directly, I’d love to hear from you.

~xo, Chérie

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