Superfriend

                Mary Mary, a Gospel singing duet, released a song called "Superfriend," which describes how Jesus Christ is a friend unlike any other. One of their lyrics says: "no sir, there's nothing half way about Him. This world could never be made without Him. No heart, no breath, no mind, no sun, no moon, no time. He's something like the best of them. He's nothing like the rest of them."

                Jesus Christ is truly unlike anyone else on Earth. He is with us when no one else is. He is holding our hand and leading us through any situation, no matter how bad it may seem. He is embracing us, no matter what we have done. He is saying that He loves us, no matter how sinful we are. He is there for us when no one else is. He is a friend unlike anyone else.

                He is listening to us when no one else is. He is giving to us when we have nothing to give back. He is loving us when no one else will. He is accepting us when we cannot even accept ourselves. He is a friend unlike any other. He is truly beyond any friend that we could ever know on Earth.

                He heals us when we are sick and broken. He provides for us when we have nothing. He gives us victory when we are strong enough to win the battle on our own. He speaks life into us when we are spiritually dead. He blesses us when we have nothing to give. He teaches us when we are foolish and instructs us when we are lost. He holds us when we are afraid and calms us when we are angry. He gives us patience when we would be irritated. He does so much more for us than we could ever comprehend.

                When we have sinned, He has already forgiven us; and the best part is that He has no weakness to kryptonite.  He overcame death so we would not have to. He battled sin so that we could have the victory. He is truly better than any friend on Earth.

                Every day is an opportunity to learn just a bit more about how great this superfriend of ours is. He is truly greater than any friend we could ever have. Because of that, I am not ashamed to say His name or tell others of how great of a friend He has been to me. He is too good to be ashamed of, and He is too good to understand. All we can do, when we begin to know a little bit of His greatness, is praise Him and long for a closer friendship with Him.

                "One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." (Proverbs 18:24)


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