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Somewhere in your past, a good friend showed real kindness and love toward you.

That display of goodness and loyalty deeply touched you and left a lasting impression upon you.

Perhaps now is the time to reciprocate, not to the friend directly but instead to one of his or her relatives.

Perhaps that friend is no longer living, but his or her child or grandchild is living and can be the beneficiary of a forerunner’s gracious character.

Perhaps that past friend helped you to get a job when you REALLY needed one and even fed you several meals while you waited for your first paycheck.

Isn’t now the time to show appreciation for that mercy shown you so long ago?

Isn’t now the time to give a gift or exert helpful influence on behalf of that friend’s descendant?

I think so.

You know the details of your life. You know if there are descendants of that past friend who so deeply impacted your life.

And if you don’t know, you can ask around until you find out.

When you do find a descendant via the Internet or via friends from days gone by, generously bless his or her life and then give the credit for the blessing to his or her parent or grandparent or uncle or aunt who had a major impact on your life.

Why this topic today? Please read 2 Samuel 9 and you’ll see why.

It’s a potent display of lasting friendship. The account demonstrates just how deeply David and Jonathan loved each other and considered one another as brothers.

What makes this so cool is that God was the One ultimately responsible for the blessing that Mephibosheth received since, the Bible says, God was the One who “knit together” the hearts of David and Jonathan so many years earlier.

When God gives you a deeply committed friendship, He’s not only trying to bring you happiness. He’s also preparing you for being a tool of friendship blessing to people decades in the future.

All for the sake of friendship.

Please, dear friend, send a blessing to an old friend’s kid or grandkid.

Perhaps you’ll even treat them as your own.

In a very real sense, that’s just what they are.

As always, I love you
Martiin

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