May 19, 2009

Here is today's prayer:

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity (Proverbs 17:17, NIV)."

Lord, anyone would treasure friends who loved no matter what happened. How rarely I've seen that kind of friendship, and how inadequately I've appreciated it in my own life.

Help me become the kind of friend who always loves, even when times are tough or things seem to be going against another. Keep me steady in caring, when others begin to walk away. I want to be there for my brothers and sisters.

Thank You most of all, Lord, for Your Son, Jesus, a friend and brother who always sticks to me when I face adversity. No one could have a better friend than He. Amen.

From Prayers and Promises for the Graduate, pg. 48.