What Is A Friend Poem by Mary Louise Mann Gabumpa

I
Luke 5: 20 'Jesus saw their faith and said,
'Friend, your sins are forgiven.'

The one who has faith in his friend...

II
Luke 10: 25-37 'And who is my neighbor?
... The one who had mercy on him.'

The one who gives kindness without expecting in return...

III
Luke 11: 5-10 '... though he willnot get up
and give him the bread
because he is his friend,
yet because of the man's persistence
he will get up and give him as much as he needs.'

The one who seize the value of friendship even at refusal at times...

IV
James 4: 4 '... don't you know that friendship
with the world is hatred toward God?
Anyone who chooses to be a friend
of the world becomes an enemy of God.'

The one of kindred Spirit...

V
John 15: 12-13 'My command is this:
Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.'

The one who will accept as one is and a friend through thick and thin...

VI
John 15: 14 'You are my friends if you do what I command'

The one who follows God's standard and not the consensus of many...

VII
John 15: 15 'I no longer call you servants,
because a servant does not know
his master's business.
Instead, I have called you friends,
for everything that I learned from my Father
I have made known to you.'

The one who shares the Truth on level ground and not lording over...

VIII
John 15: 16 'You did not choose me,
but I chose you
and appointed you to go
and bear fruit-fruit that will last.'

The one who is known by his truthfulness in the inward part when being broken and at contriteness.