On friends and friendship

I was driving home from Kiskoros, a small town about 1 1/2 hours from Szeged, on Sunday, and was blessed with the company of one of my Bible study girls riding with me. Dora and I have not gotten a lot of one on one time together this year, so this car ride back to Szeged was a true blessing. While Dora is 18 years my junior, the Lord has knit our hearts deeply and we are able to love and encourage each other, despite the "generation gap," so to say.

When we were about 30 km. from Szeged, we got to talking about friends and friendship, and she shared with me that God has totally blessed her with such a deep, deep, Jonathan and David friendship with another girl in our study, M. Their initial "meeting" 3 years ago was a miracle in itself, as M., extremely shy, approached Dora boldly and began talking with her, and they found themselves 30 min. later walking down the main street of the city, talking as though they'd known each other for years and years!!! It's such a deep friendship in the Spirit, just as Jonathan loved David deeply in the Lord.

These friendships are rare, and sometimes never come in our lifetime. Of course we have close friends, and we truly love those God blesses us with, but to have that Holy Spirit connection with someone, where after just a few minutes, there is a knitting of hearts so deep that nothing can tear it apart. It's a friendship that is so healthy because it is 100% from God...there was no "work" put into it...no working through the "initial awkward moments"; instead, there is instant spiritual connection, that ONLY God can do.

These friends are not afraid to rebuke or correct, and are quick to love, even quicker to pray; conversations are never forced; there is a mutual understanding in the Lord that is almost unexplainable outside of simply saying "God did it." I too have one such friend that God dropped in my life. I cannot understand the depth of connection in the Holy Spirit, but as God continues to grow each of us in Himself, He's given us this "Jonathan and David" friendship for His glory and purposes.

I could totally relate to Dora, and this was such an encouragement to her, because she's never known anyone else to have such a "J-D" spiritual friendship. Again, God blessing the body with mutual encouragement!!!