1 Samuel 20:41-42
After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.'"
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 12 :: 1 Samuel 19-21; Luke 11:29-54
This is one of the most beautiful passages of friendship in scripture! Just wanted to share it.
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It reminds me of some stuff that C.S. Lewis wrote about friendship in "The Four Loves". He points out that we really don't see friendships like David's and Jonathan's in modern literature. Ancient cultures just put all this stock in friendship, and we, to a certain extent, relegate it the sidelines. I was reading an article recently that said most people in the U.S. stop (or, at least, significantly slow down) making friends once they hit thirty and start raising kids. I kind of wonder what effect that has on the church. Going back to Lewis, he said that "friendship is - in a sense not at all derogatory to it - the least natural of lives; the least instinctive, organic, biological, gregarious and necessary." If that's true, it's something that requires a large amount of grace. If we become less willing to make new friendships, it seems like we're removing a major avenue to demonstrate God's love to others.
ReplyDeleteThat is so interesting - I sure hope it be the case that people prioritize friendships outside of marriage and children! I bet it's hard to keep up, but so good. Man, C.S. Lewis is rockin'.
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