Operation: Friendship
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help another up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up." - Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Are you strategic with how you choose your relationships? This question has been running through my mind a lot in the past week. A mentor in my life asked a group in our church this question, and I didn't even know how to answer. Honestly, I was a little taken aback. My first thought was something along the lines of, "What the heck are you talking about?" He went on to ask, "What are you getting from those relationships? How are the benefiting you?" My initial reaction was a holier than thou one. I thought, "I don't need to gain anything from a relationship. That's selfish." Boy, was I wrong. I was not looking at this topic from a biblical standpoint at all. After I graduated high school, I realized my circle of frien