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Chapter 3 - Seeing God in Our Friendships
Speak to broken hearts and you speak to a large audience.
Charles Spurgeon
Man looks on the appearance, but God looks on the heart. Man considers
the deeds, but God weighs the motives. To be always doing well and to
think that you have done but little is the sign of the humble soul. To
be unwilling to have any created being for our comfort is a sign of
great purity and inward trust.
Thomas à Kempis
Be somebody to someone.
Mother Theresa
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend
[to show rage or worthy purpose]. Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat
its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his
master shall be honored. As in water face answers to and reflects
face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:17-19
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every
comfort (consolation and encouragement), who comforts (consoles and
encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we
may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in
any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and
encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and
encouraged) by God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally]
to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also
doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful
to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of
faith [those who belong to God's family with you, the believers].
Galatians 6:10
Out in the highways and byways of life
Many are weary and sad.
Carry the sunshine where darkness is rife,
Making the sorrowing glad.
Chorus:
Make me a blessing
Make me a blessing
Out of my life may Jesus shine
Make me a blessing, oh Savior, I pray
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Author Unknown
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