Magnificent Prayer #105
Magnificent Prayer #105
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.
John 15:13–14
When we love an earthly friend, we aren’t satisfied with only a few minutes’ conversation at a time; nor can we come to know that person’s true character or appreciate the deeper parts of one’s nature, even if those passing words should occur every few minutes. Neither can we know God in this way.
How often we say of our earthly friends, “How I long to have a good, long, quiet talk with you!” And shall we not have the same with our heavenly Friend, so that we may really get to know Him?
HANNAH WHITALL SMITH
Pray About It: God is our best friend. We are His dear companions. And when two good friends get together for fellowship, the time spent together is rich with love, sharing, and refreshment. Let your time today be like that. Know that you’re spending time with the One who knows you the best and loves you the most.
God alone is a thousand companions. He alone is a world of friends. That Christian never knew what it was to be familiar with God, who complains of the want of friends while God is with him.
THOMAS À KEMPIS
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