Monday, August 30, 2021

Dear Young Christian:

While visiting family in Newfoundland this week, I noticed a motto hanging on the wall in my brother-in-law’s store here in York Harbor. Here is what it said:

“Friends make good times better,

and hard times easier.”

This brought to mind the words of the Lord to His disciples, “Ye are My friends” (John 15:14). What a wonderful friend we have in the Lord Jesus! As we go through the good times, we can enjoy them in the company of the One who is always with us. His company certainly makes the good times better. Then when the hard times come, we have the assurance, “There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24).

This friend will never disappoint us. As we go through the good times and hard times in His company, we will certainly say, like the bride in the Old Testament, “He is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend” (Song of Solomon 5:16).

Your Christian Friend,

Jim Hyland