241216 Good Friends

 Good Friends

Oh, the sweet blessing of good friends
A taste of heaven the Lord sends
The ones who stay with me through strife
And joyously enrich my life

Good friends produce an earthly bliss
And chase away all loneliness 
The best, know me outside and in
Will stick with me through thick and thin

What precious gift a friendship brings
I'm sure it comes on angel wings
Through all the years on earth, I've spent
I know my friends were heaven sent

Some came in childhood schoolyard play
And still I call them friends today
Others grew in high school or college 
While some appeared without my knowledge 

Many developed in workplaces
May come and go; even change faces
No matter how they crossed my path
Their love remains as aftermath

Some friends developed gradually 
Others became so instantly
Though be it slow or very fast
The greatest ones are those that last

Friendship's not just a want but need
Without friends, harder to succeed 
For they're a personal cheering section
And even a loving God's reflection

Dear Lord, I thank you every day
For all the friends you've brought my way
Ones called such in my family 
And those who feel that way to me

The greatest one, I have to boast
Is the best friend I love the most
Most awesome love to ever be
The friend who chose to die for me

To say that Christ's a friend of mine
Is nothing short of the sublime
Dear God, I thank you once again
That I can call your Son my friend 

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