December 15, 2022 - I remember reading a fable some years ago that teaches a very valuable lesson. It seems that two friends were setting out together upon a journey which led through a dangerous forest. They mutually promised to assist each other if they happened to be assaulted. They had not gone very far, before they noticed a bear headed their way in a great rage.
There was no hope in flight, but one of them, being very active, sprang up into a tree. At that point, the other threw himself flat on the ground and pretended to be dead. The bear came up and after smelling on him some time, left him and went on. When he was fairly out of sight and hearing, the hero from the tree called out, “Well my friend, what did the bear say? He seemed to whisper to you very closely.
The other replied, “yes, he did. He gave me some good advice and told me to never associate with a wretch who in the hour of danger will dessert his best friend.”
To be sure, I am willing to learn the lesson from the fable rather than try it out with a bear. But whether the bear said it or not, the truth is on the surface. There are many kind of friends. There are political friends, fair weather friends, so-long-as-I-can-use-you friends, and you can go from there.
We must remember that Jesus is a friend that will always be with us and will never desert us. He tells us we are his friends if we obey his commandments.
It’s something to think about. . . tbp
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