True meaning of friendship (Pt 2)

No, this article is NOT late. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. Don’t believe me? Look at the date! It says, Thurs! Mwuahaha, I can control time and space! (in this blog). I’m the master of this domain, and when I say I’m not late, I’M NOT LATE!

Ok, I was late. Sorry about that. I had a REALLY good excuse. Yeah… oops, I dropped it. Oh no, now it’s mixed up with the bad and never ever use excuses. Oh well.. you just gotta believe that I had a good excuse….

So… anyway. I’m back, and I’m here to tell you the true meaning of friendship. Have you ever seen the movie Desperado? Great movie, I loved it. There’s some sex in there, so you know, not for kiddies. And Salma back then… wow. Muy caliente! Anyway, there’s one scene near the end, the inevitable “Final Showdown”. This is where the Desperado kicks some butt, because he’s mad and looking for revenge! So, what does he do? He uses the telephone and calls up two of his buddies. And all he basically says is, “Get your gear.” And the scene is really cool, because it shows the two buddies, just hanging out, you know, having a tequila. Just sitting back and re-lax-ing. And as soon as they get the call, they dump everything and pick up their guitar cases. Best scene in the entire movie of really good action scenes.

To me, that’s what a true friend is. He (remember now, I’m using masculine pronouns, but this applies equally to boys and girls) is the type that will drop everything when you need his help. He doesn’t say, why, what happened, how are you feeling, are you sure you want to do this, but what if our moms see this, what about the cops…. No, he gets up, takes the bus, and he’s down with you. No explanations needed. That’s a true friend.

He also, doesn’t tell you to call him back later cause he’s busy. No, he is willing to drop everything for you. Ok, maybe I’m still on that rush of seeing the movie scene again, but, he will at least stop and listen to your troubles. That’s what a true friend is.

And you know what the great thing about this type of friend? You don’t have to see or talk to them every day to make sure the friendship is still strong. I mean, Desperado’s friends, they didn’t hear from him for months. Yet, the Desperado knew, that when he needed his boys’ backup, he got it. Now this kinda relationship just doesn’t happen. Often, it’s forged from being together in the same stressful situation (like wars or Hopkins!). Sometimes it just cultivates from years and years of knowing each other and fully trusting each other. Sometimes, you guys just click. I'm very fortunate to have some friends like that. There's no safer feeling than to know that someone's got your back, you know?

At a recent retreat with my church, which was… AWESOME, btw. This lecture dude was giving us a run-down of one of his favorite verses in the Bible. I think it’s Zeph 3:17. Yeah, it’s obscure, that’s what the link’s for. Clicky-clicky. So, anyway, he was describing the root or what the Hebrew really meant about certain words. One of them he described for us was the part “mighty to save”. And he gave a really good description of it. He demonstrated by having a dude come up, and then showing us what God meant when he said it. He doesn’t mean that He will back you up. As in, he’s behind you, ready to help push you past any obstacles. No, God will step in front of you, while saying to you, “I got this.” Put another way, He’s not a backsupport, He’s your chest protector.

I can honestly say, Jesus is a true friend as well. He’s everything I said and more. When you need him, you just call him up, and he’ll bring the firepower. And even better, he’ll stand in front of you, saying to the toughie, “You want him, you’ll have to go through me.” And, while I do not advocate not talking to Jesus for a while, he’s still cool with that. This may sound sappy now ( I know, it’s been sappy for a while now) but I truly am glad that Jesus is one of my true friends. I don’t know how I’d live without him. Peace!