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A letter to the friends who never left me

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To the friends who never left me

If I have sent this to you or tagged you in this, I have something to say to you.

I want you to know you are one of the greatest blessings God has ever given me. Coming from a person who has only watched people give up and abandon, I am thankful that I never had to see what it would look like as you walked out of my life. You have been constant. You have been persistent. You have been loyal. You constantly show me that people are capable of loving unconditionally. People like you are hard to find these days, even in people who call themselves Christians.

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Everyone wants to pray but no one wants to be the answer

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Everyone wants to pray but no one wants to be the answer

“I’m praying for you.”

I would be quick to say that those four words are one of the most used sentences out of a Christian’s mouth. OF COURSE, that’s not a bad thing. We are supposed to pray for our brothers and sisters, and even people we don’t know. How many of us actually do it when we say it?

My pastor always asks questions like, “When’s the last time you wept for a brother and the situation they are going through? When’s the last time you wept for someone other than your family?”

Those questions really hit me every time he asks them because many a time, we can’t even remember the last time, which is not good at all.

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