{"id":16435,"date":"2017-01-09T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=16435"},"modified":"2017-01-09T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:55:41","slug":"soap-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP: Friendship\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Monday, friends! I hope your Monday is off to a good start already.<\/p>\n

I’ve been pondering this verse for a bit today already. I already posted it to Instagram<\/a>, but needed more time to let it marinate before I wanted to post here. I also needed to get kids out the door, so I could only do so much!<\/p>\n

(Guess that’s a tip– if you want the SOAP verse earlier, it’s almost always on Instagram before I post it here.”<\/p>\n

Alrighty. Guess it’s time to get that SOAP<\/a> going…<\/p>\n

Scripture:<\/h2>\n

A friend loves at all times.<\/p>\n

–Proverbs 17:17<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Observation:<\/h2>\n

Friends remain friends in good times and bad.<\/p>\n

Application:<\/h2>\n

Most of the time being a friend is pretty easy. Sometimes, though, it can be challenging.<\/p>\n

True friendship isn’t only about sunshine and butterflies and happy times. It also means being honest in the hard moments, listening and sometimes even working together through tough spots.<\/p>\n

Yes, friends help us through hard spots, but sometimes a friendship has its own rough spots.\u00a0Do you abandon ship and the friendship when things get uncomfortable, or do you address what needs to be addressed?<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/h2>\n

This is a tough one, Father, and yet so very true.<\/p>\n

True friends love at all times.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for putting friends in my life that I can turn to in times of trouble, and with whom I can talk when we disagree.<\/p>\n

Please give as all courage and strength as we strive for true friendships– and understand the difference between true friendships and acquaintances.<\/p>\n

Help us to make our way through the tough conversations and come out stronger on the other side.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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