FRIENDS

Snippet

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; 

I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ― 

Albert Camus

Scripture

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s 

friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer 

call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s 

business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I 

learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did 

not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you 

might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever 

you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my 

command: Love each other. John 15:12-17 NIV

Song

What Susan Said Rich Mullins

http://youtu.be/CUEM2sFnGg4

Two lonely-eyed boys in a pick-up truck 

And they're drivin' through the rain and the heat 

And their skin's so sweaty they both get stuck 

To the old black vinyl seats 

And it's Abbott and Costello meet Paul and Silas 

It's the two of us together and we're puttin' on the mileage 

And we both feel lost 

But I remember what Susan said 

How love is found in the things we've given up 

More than in the things that we have kept 

And ain't it funny what people say 

And ain't it funny what people write 

And ain't it funny how it hits you so hard 

In the middle of the night 

And if your home is just another place where you're a stranger 

And far away is just somewhere you've never been 

I hope that you'll remember, I was your friend 

Two full grown men in a huddle of kids 

And they're trying to help them to believe 

What is too good to be real 

But is more real than the air they breathe 

And it's Wally and the Beaver, David and Jonathan 

It's the Love of Jesus puttin' on flesh and bone 

And we both feel lost 

But I remember what Susan said 

How love is found in the things we've given up 

More than in the things that we have kept 

And ain't it funny what people say 

And ain't it funny what people write 

And ain't it funny how it hits you so hard 

In the middle of the night 

And I remember what Susan said 

Sentence Prayer

Lord, I’m Your follower, but also your friend.  Help me see more 

clearly how to be a good friend by doing what you ask of me.  My 

life is a gift from you, and I want to invest it to the best of my 

ability in doing the work to work you have called me.

I thank You that your commands are not constraining but freeing.  

In friendship with you, and in obedience to you, I find true joy.

Lord Jesus, I thank you for inviting me to be Your friend.  Amen

One Minute Prayers for men Harvest House Pub 2010 Page 147