When friends fail...

I have one of those small Gideon Bibles that they give you when you're in elementary school...y'know, when they come to your class and hand you a new testament and you never even open it? Well, I decided to look through it, and I found a great section that gives you verses to go to if you're feeling a certain way. I've found this very beneficial in my devotional time...it's helped me when I've felt afraid (Mark 4:35-36), when I was lonely (Psalm 23), and recently when friends have failed (Psalm 41).

Now, I don't give my trust easily when it comes to anything, friends included. It takes me a while to warm up to somebody, and even longer for me to share stuff with them. But when I find a good friend, I find that I put a lot of trust in them - which can turn out to be a bad thing sometimes!

Psalm 41 speaks of how the Lord protects and preserves our lives and how God has mercy on us when our friends have betrayed us. My favorite verse is: "I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me." (vesre 11) God has defeated the enemy - the war is won, yet Satan still tries to win a few battles here and there to drag us down. Sometimes we forgot that God has ultimately won and victory is His!

When friends/family/anything other than God fails us, we know that there is One who is constant and loving and whose arms will always be open for us to run into. He will not fail us because He knows what is best - He is perfect and good! When it seems like no one can be trusted and you feel alone, the Lord is right beside you, ready to be your strength.