FRIENDSHIPS that are built on and in LOVE.
While that is what we want with other people. What about a friendship of love with yourself. . . with God....
Here at Friendships of Love we promote 3 main things : KNOW, SHARE, SERVE
KNOW - in Hebrew it is Yada meaning to know in a relational sense. This word speaks of a deep sense of knowing. Intimate relationships require us to want to know others beyond a surface level, into a deeper, more intimate level. This is listening to others. Being interesting in them. Displaying a want to know who they are and what their life is about. This Yada is how God knows us - being able to look beyond the surface of our bodies into the innermost thoughts, attitudes and intents of the heart. If we want to know then being a good listener is a key to intimacy here. Asking questions and letting others know you are interested in them. That you want to know them by name - deeper than just an acquaintance, deeper than just the surface.
Psalms 139
We want to encourage you to KNOW GOD that way....dig into His Word and begin to ask questions.
We want to encourage you to KNOW YOURSELF this way...ask yourself the questions that you would ask another. Do you know what you like and dislike? Do you know how you think and what you think? Do you understand yourself?
We want to encourage you to KNOW OTHERS this way...by being a good listener and being genuinely interested in what another has to say.
SHARE - in the Hebrew it is Sod. This word means intimate as in self-discloser or making yourself known. It means to reveal or to disclose. This is being transparent. It is also vulnerable disclosure and creating the environment that allows people to take each other into confidences and share themselves openly. This is the kind of connection where you can share your weaknesses and the ways you protect and deal with yourself. It is revealing your innermost workings. This is being open with another about all our warts and scars and messed up thinking. The benefit is that we begin to see that the way we see is not always the greatest view and we begin to learn anew.
If you want to Yada (to know deeply) that would require another to do Sod (share themselves openly)
2 Cor 11:30, 12:9, and Heb 5:2
We encourage you to share yourself with God and others. Find someone with whom you can be YOU.
and lastly...
SERVE - in the Hebrew this is Sakan. It means to be of use or service, benefit or caring involvement. This is providing of service to one another and the meeting of others needs and desires. This is being willing to enter into commitment with another person. This is being a friend.
Isa 58:10, Acts 20:34
If you want to do Yada (to know deeply) that requires another to so Sod (Share themselves opnly) and the point to doing this with each other is to be Sakan ( to be of use or service, to benefit, caring involvement) with one another through sharing, caring, praying for each other and walking together as companions.
We encourage you to BE A FRIEND.
"A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there
is a friend that sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24.
Psalms 139
We want to encourage you to KNOW GOD that way....dig into His Word and begin to ask questions.
We want to encourage you to KNOW YOURSELF this way...ask yourself the questions that you would ask another. Do you know what you like and dislike? Do you know how you think and what you think? Do you understand yourself?
We want to encourage you to KNOW OTHERS this way...by being a good listener and being genuinely interested in what another has to say.
SHARE - in the Hebrew it is Sod. This word means intimate as in self-discloser or making yourself known. It means to reveal or to disclose. This is being transparent. It is also vulnerable disclosure and creating the environment that allows people to take each other into confidences and share themselves openly. This is the kind of connection where you can share your weaknesses and the ways you protect and deal with yourself. It is revealing your innermost workings. This is being open with another about all our warts and scars and messed up thinking. The benefit is that we begin to see that the way we see is not always the greatest view and we begin to learn anew.
If you want to Yada (to know deeply) that would require another to do Sod (share themselves openly)
2 Cor 11:30, 12:9, and Heb 5:2
We encourage you to share yourself with God and others. Find someone with whom you can be YOU.
and lastly...
SERVE - in the Hebrew this is Sakan. It means to be of use or service, benefit or caring involvement. This is providing of service to one another and the meeting of others needs and desires. This is being willing to enter into commitment with another person. This is being a friend.
Isa 58:10, Acts 20:34
If you want to do Yada (to know deeply) that requires another to so Sod (Share themselves opnly) and the point to doing this with each other is to be Sakan ( to be of use or service, to benefit, caring involvement) with one another through sharing, caring, praying for each other and walking together as companions.
We encourage you to BE A FRIEND.
is a friend that sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24.
Tina & Starla Smith ( Sisters-in-Law and BFF's)
