“Many people say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is really faithful” – Proverbs 20:6
There are different kinds of troubles in life. Some could be personal while some could involve other people. Troubles could come because of something one has done and there could be other reasons for them.
Probably, everyone will prefer a situation where they don’t experience troubles at all. However, the reality is that everybody experiences, one trouble or the other. There nature and gravity just differ.
Psalm 27:5 says, “For he will console me there when troubles come, he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.“ And Nahum 1:7 tells us, The Lord is good, a strong hold for the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.”
You may not know your true friends when things are going well for you. Negative situations will reveal genuine friends. In Proverbs 19 it says, Wealth makes many friends; poverty drives them away.”
Many of those some rich people called her friends, are people who are only interested in their riches, and not in them. They are not loyal to them; hard times reveal they are not true friends. My friend is always loyal. A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Through thick and thin, real friends are glued to their friends, but fair- weather friends are not. They stop being friends with their friends are in trouble. They are just around you because of what they can get from you; they’re exploiters. In adversity, they abandon you. They don’t even mind you wanting others to keep you down in your trouble or not help you overcome it.
Proverbs 18:24 says. “A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Judas Iscariot ate with Jesus and still betrayed him with a kiss. (Matthew 26:23-25; Luke 22:48).
When trouble comes our way we find out who our real friends are. It’s important not to become a fair-weather friends.
The two best things a person can lose in life are probably fair-weather friends and some weight” – Anonymous
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