'A Friend with skin on'

'As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.' Proverbs 27:17

One good definition of friend is: 'A friend is someone who knows all there is to know about you and loves you just the same.'

Looking back on our life, we can see how valuable our friends have been to us. Because we have felt safe with them we have been able to reveal ourselves, and in the revealing we have come to know ourselves in a way that we could never have done with a mere acquaintance.

Yes, God is our Friend, but we need human friends too. This might be difficult for some to accept, but the more effectively we relate on a horizontal level with our human friends, the more effectively we will relate on a vertical level with our heavenly Friend.

Father, I see that my best friend is someone who brings out the best in me. Help me to be a best friend to someone - and to bring out the best in that person. In Jesus's name i ask it. Amen.