MY FRIEND’S NUMBERS KEEP GOING DOWN ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE

I wonder what Facebook’s definition or their idea of the word, FRIENDS?  So many times I read comments on social media of people who claim 100’s, or even thousands of friends.  So what do most us think of people we know, that are our FRIENDS?  A companion, our next door neighbor who we barely know, the person in the next cubicle at work, etc.?  Proverbs in the Bible is a good source of wisdom regarding friendship:  “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Proverbs 17:17).  “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24).  The issue here is that in order to have a friend, one must be a friend.  I’ve been reading in the Old Testament Book of Amos for the last few weeks and found a principle of friendship in Amos 3:3– “Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed?” (AMP).   FRIENDS ARE OF A LIKE MIND!!  And then of course, one of my favorite Bible verses regarding true friendship is found in the Gospel of John:

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends”  (John 15:13).

Now that’s true friendship.