The Gift of Friendship

Here's a new angle on what God could be doing during a trial.  This was taken from Kevin DeYoung's Blog at The Gospel Coalition.  He just completed a four part series entitled "The Gift of Friendship and the Godliness of Good Friends."  I tried to post a link to Kevin's blog itself, but the link wouldn't work.  You can find his blog from The Gospel Coalition's website.  Just click on the "BLOGS" tab at the top of the page.  It's a great series.  


“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Prov. 18:24). The next time you are in the midst of suffering and ask God, “What possible reason can there be for this trial?” Consider one thing He may be up to is making your friendships sweeter and stronger...