Selwyn now considers his “sixth and final step to developing friendship: stay loyal and loving to your friends as far as you possibly can.”
Scripture tells us that we must love God more than we love our family and friends. If our friends are leading us into sin then we must step back. As Selwyn mentions [...]
Selwyn continues to discuss the steps needed to be taken, in order to cultivate friends.
He says: “The third step is be prepared to be vulnerable … to be hurt … no relationship is free from pain this side of eternity. … Fourth, love your friend enough to talk with him or her about anything you [...]
Selwyn continues his discussion on friendship – his seventh and final pillar of wisdom.
His topic, today, is – how do we go about making friends? Selwyn suggest that the first step is: to be friendly; and the second step is: allow time for friendships to develop.
To be friendly, as Selwyn implies – is to be [...]
Selwyn, today, tells us his favourite definition of friendship: “A friend is someone who knows all there is to know about you and loves you just the same.‘
In regard to Selwyn’s conclusion. I would like to rearrange his words and change the order to read, something like this: The more effectively we relate on a vertical [...]
Selwyn has set the following verses for reading and meditation, Proverbs 17:1-17 (NLT):
“Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.
A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the [...]
Overall, I don’t agree with Selwyn – the verse from Ecclesiastes 4:12 (‘Through one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.’) Is a verse that is talking about strength through unity; and the greater the number of members/strands/friends, then the greater their collective strength. However, I [...]
Growing in wisdom
I feel that it’s best to keep in mind that the book of Proverbs is a collection of generalised wise sayings. Consequently, the spiritual benefit of reading and understanding the principles found in ‘Proverbs’, can only occur, once you have a relationship with Jesus.
In today’s study, I found these words written by Selwyn, to be worth repeating here: [...]
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