Friendship & Jesus

Have you ever had a very good friend who suddenly stop being your good friend for a very noble reason and then when that noble reason is no longer noble and in existence, that former good friend of yours suddenly remembers you?

does it sound familiar? How do you respond to a situation like that?

My initial sinful nature would respond with indifference because i feel like i was used for the moment. i couldn't forget the hurt i experienced when it happened to me even though i already prayed about it and consciously made the choice to forgive. i understood that it was for a noble cause on my good friend's part even though i didn't feel the same way. yet, out of respect, i let it go. i felt that it was unjust for me to suffer for another's short coming at the time. Once something you value is taken away from you, there is a void that leaves a scar. eventually that scar will heal but the impression will still be there. Sometimes it's just plain difficult to pick up where you left behind when that scar is healed. So when my good friend came back, it was like a slap in the face to my scar. now my crossroad is to walk forward picking it up or move forward without picking it up. either way i must tread forward.

the flip side to this story is that i have been guilty in standing in the shoe of the former good friend to Jesus. I have left Jesus' friendship for something i believed was a noble cause and when i finally open my eyes to acknowledge that it wasn't a noble cause but a short coming on my part, i run back to rekindle that friendship which i personally chose to put aside. Yet Jesus doesn't respond the way that i would in the aforementioned paragraph. God says that if i confess with my mouth and repent, He is faithful and just to forgive me. He will never leave me nor forsake me. i inflicted many scars that left eternal impression on Jesus and he suffered unjustly for my choice. I'm pretty darn sure that he felt he was being used and everytime i sin now, it's like slapping him on the face of the countless scars i caused. Yet He chose to respond to me in grace and mercy. God said nothing can separate me from His love and that includes my short comings and sins. He tread forward on the crosswalk to calvary picking it up for me and for you.

will you choose with me to learn from Jesus' great love and friendship so that we can become good friends to others who have been betrayed by the world's sinful friendship? let them know that there is true friendship and it exist through the example of Jesus Christ