Happy retro day! This week I found a devo that has some great thoughts about friendship. It will definitely make you appreciate your friends. Enjoy! ~Halee

by RTF Staff Writer Jamin Goecker

Do you have a powerful friendship? Can you rate it by how many texts you get ending with LOL? What can be expected from a strong friendship anyway?

Writers Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were friends throughout their lives. They critiqued each other’s works which later became known as The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.

William Wilberforce and William Pitt helped end the slave trade in the British Empire.

Jonathon, son of the first king of Israel, and his armor bearer took on a detachment of enemies. The two men drove the Philistines back and sent terror through the enemy’s army (1 Samuel 14:1-23).

God gives us a desire for friendship, and from day to day we encounter casual relationships. They might result in a few outings, and neither person will remember the other in ten years. Then someone connects with you on a special level.

These friendships are rare, but God expects something when he supplies them. God brings people together in order to enrich them (Proverbs 27:17), and so they can do something. Jesus’ disciples enjoyed their greatest of unity minutes before He returned to Heaven.

That’s when Jesus told them to make disciples of all nations (Mathew 28:19).

You and your friend(s) might never transform the world like the Disciples, but God expects something to come of the unity He’s established. It might be something you consider insignificant, but a powerful friendship results in action.

Jamin Goecker is a college student who enjoys hanging out with teens. He’s taking general classes right now but plans to be a missionary someday. He enjoys songwriting, guitar, lifting weights, skydiving, paintballing, ultimate frisbee, running, hiking, and fishing. You can check out his blog at scribe-jamin.blogspot.com.