Best Friends by Dee Kamp
Real
Best Friend
When he was a little guy, about four years old or so,
our son announced one day that he had an imaginary friend. Well we did what all
loving parents do, we welcomed this imaginary friend and included him in all
our family events.
When we grow and mature our imagination doesn’t’ go
away, in fact imagination will evolve into creative thinking to produce
beautiful things from music, art, hand crafts, writing and more.
But one thing we don’t want to focus on in our imagination
are the troubles we think may come to us in the future.
“I am coming
to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world
so that they may have the full measure of my joy
within them. John 17:13 NIV
Jesus speaks
in the present tense. Jesus prayed for His disciples to experience the full
measure of his joy-now. And He prayed for us to be living in His joy even in
the middle of rush-hour traffic, crying kids, long appointments, health
challenges and whatever else life throws at us. Jesus doesn’t want us to wait
for heaven to be full of His joy―its right now!
As we reflect on Jesus’ prayer, that no matter if we
are very young or 100 we are not to let those imaginary troubles of the future
cloud the Truth of His Word and dim the joy He so desires for us.
I’m happy to report the imaginary friend our son ha
was short lived. That one day as a young adult he asked Jesus Christ to come
and live in his heart as his Savior and be his real best friend for life.
“Real Best Friend” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning
Ministries© November 4, 2014
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