What Are You Looking for in a Friendship?

Looking through my journals from camp, actually packing them away for disposal, and came across another great question from "Dean Fig's Court"

"If you could only choose one attribute in a friend, what would it be?" GREAT QUESTION! My answer was that while there are many important aspects of friendship, trust, honesty, love, perseverance, and the list could go on and on for days, I think the one attribute that a great friend must possess is loyalty. It is my contention that if loyalty exists all those other attributes are present. I am not talking about a "yes person" but someone who will be honest with you in tough decisions. A loyal person is there when everyone else is fleeing. A loyal person will love no matter what. A loyal person is someone you can trust in all situations.


I think 5 years later I still like that answer. As I grow older I understand that many "friends" aren't really loyal, they are like bandwagon jumpers in sports. When things are going well, they cheer and back the team. But one bad stretch in the season and they are ready to give their team gear to Goodwill and find a new team, forgetting all about their former fandom.

Likewise, God calls us to be loyal. To stay the course in good times and bad. To by loyal to His calling, His following, His guidance, His Word, His Son. Loyalty, a much needed attribute in this day and age.