Weekly Theme January 19th through 25th

The Common Thread

 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.”
—1 John 3:1a
             
The common thread that is at the heart of a spiritual friendship is that spiritual friends share a love of God.  When one truly has a spiritual companion, the relationship starts not with the two individuals who are friends but starts with God and the love both friends have for and receive from Jesus. 

When we find a friend, that desires to share with us the most important thing in our life, our journey toward moving closer and closer to Jesus, then that common thread, the love and desire for God, will establish the foundation of a relationship that can go far beyond the usual “meeting for coffee” casual friendships that most of us have.  At the heart of a spiritual companionship are two people who love Jesus with all of their hearts and share the common bond of that love.

The love of God is the common thread that binds people together in a spiritual friendship.  Even though it is good and necessary to have the more casual kind of friend, it is even more essential that we have the deep kind of relationship that can be described as spiritual.  When we find someone who loves God in the same way that we do that common thread binds us together in a deep and satisfying relationship.  We all need that kind of relationship.

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