Messy Beautiful Friendship by Christine Hoover

Author:Christine Hoover
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Living/Women, REL012130;REL012070;REL012120
ISBN: 9781493406449
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Friend Magnet

Honor Others

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.

Romans 12:10

Perhaps you’re one of those people with friends coming out the wazoo. I am friends with people like you. You are likable, fun, considerate, helpful, and all-around good human beings. You are awesome. I flock to you.

These friends of mine, upon hearing that I was writing a book on friendship, asked me to tackle these questions: How does one foster intimate, true friendships and remain hospitable without becoming cliquish? Is it even healthy to cut off the number of friendships you have?

The friends that I mention are women using their influence to serve others, honor others, seek out the best interest of others, and love others in a way that brings glory to the Lord. For those of you who are jealous of the friend magnets in your midst, to be fair, I don’t think it’s as cut-and-dried as it seems. I believe these women are a real-life chicken/egg scenario: Do people come toward friend magnets simply because of who they are, or do these friend magnets consistently go toward others ready to bless and honor? I see my friend-magnet friends working hard at friendship and being extremely others-centered. They are genuinely interested in others, honor others, and listen to others. My friend-magnet friends all have wildly different personalities, so it’s not that they have a charisma, necessarily, although I think they are delightful people. They are simply people who consistently go toward others, no matter who they are, and seek to make other women feel comfortable.

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