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Proverbs chapter 17 verse 17.

Maybe one of the most famous, well-known proverbs.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Just think about friends in your life.

Friends you might have now,

friends you might have had in the past,

and the value of friends who love you,

people who love you,

who walk with you through adversity.

And this is a gift from God and it's a gift we need from God.

We need people around us who love us,

who help us walk through adversity.

Not one of us was intended to walk through this life alone. We need friends like that

around us and we need to be friends like that. We don't need just need to read this verse and think

about, well, who loves me like this? We've got to ask the question, well, who do I love like this?

Not just who walks with me through adversity, but who can

I walk with through adversity? Who can I help in the middle of adversity? I read this verse today and then

went and spent time with one of my greatest friends in the world who has walked with me through major adversity and

this is the this is the person who when my dad unexpectedly died of a heart attack he he drove me

seven hours home to be with my family, born for adversity, loving at all times.

So God, we pray first and foremost you would help us to be these kind of friends.

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