Closer than a brother

What quality do you value most in a friend?

I have been blessed with some very close friends. I have Vasim, who is my local friend. We treat each other like brothers.

He’s supportive and kind and always offers practical help. But he’s human. He’s not always available and sometimes he lets me down. (More often than not it’s the other way around.)

But there is one friend that is constant, always there and available. He also happens to be the Son of God. Talk about having friends in high places.

John 15:15 talks about being friends with Jesus.

We can know him as our rock, our comfort and our help. He cares for as and is always with us. Furthermore, he saved us from death and has given us eternal life.

So, self-sacrificial, humble, unconditional love is the quality I most value in a friend. And only Jesus has it.