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to do � Do you have a friend who has been loyal to you? Take time today to thank him or her.
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Today is Sibling Appreciation Day.
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ere’s the situation: you have promised your best friend that you will spend Friday night helping him watch his little brother. Another friend calls and invites you to attend a concert featuring your absolutely favorite band. What are you going to do? Give yourself 10 points on the Loyalty Meter if you said you were going to stick with your best friend; give yourself 5 points if you had to think about it for more than a minute; and give yourself 0 points if you decide to go to the concert. Loyalty is all about sticking with your friends or family no matter what. In fact, the Bible tells us that the greatest evidence of genuine friendship is loyalty—loving at all times. (Take a look at 1 Corinthians 13:7.) So what does it mean to be a loyal friend? It means sticking by your friend when she is having a tough time at home. It means helping your friend with his math X homework when you would rather be watching TV. It Today is National means standing by your friend when everyone else has Teen Day. disappeared. Jonathan and David shared that kind of friendship. You X can read about it in 1 Samuel 20. Jonathan knew that his father, King Saul, was out to get David. He knew that being David’s friend was against his father’s wishes. But David and Jonathan had vowed before God to remain friends, and Cheerios® hit the so Jonathan did everything he could to help and support store shelves. David. Later, David returned that loyalty when he took care of X Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth. That’s the kind of loyal friends that God wants us to be. So, on National Loyalty Day, what kind of friend are Mr. Potato Head® you—a fair-weather friend or one who is there through thick was introduced. and thin?
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How wonderful it is, how pleasant, when brothers live together in harmony! [Psalm 133:1]
Today is National Loyalty Day.
e kind, you say? To my brother? You’ve got to be kidding. You don’t have to live with him! Many of us have a sibling whom we would rather ship off to a deserted island than be kind to. And we may have good reasons—clothes that are borrowed and never returned, nonstop teasing, phone messages that mysteriously get lost. You know. Sometimes it is hard to get along with those who live in the same house as we do. Did you know that even Jesus had half brothers who weren’t thrilled to be related to him? In fact, Jesus’ family thought that he was a bit crazy (Mark 3:21) and laughed at him for what he was doing (John 7:3). Later, after Jesus had died and rose from the dead, two of his half brothers (James and Jude) became leaders in the early church. Joseph also encountered troubles with his brothers. Of course, some may argue that he brought it on himself by telling all his brothers that someday they would worship him. (Never a good idea to say to a sibling!) Still, Joseph’s brothers reacted a bit harshly by selling him off as a slave and telling his father he was dead. Yet even in those extreme circumstances, we see Joseph and his brothers reunited at the end of the story and Joseph offering these wonderful words of forgiveness: “God turned into good what you meant for evil. . . . Indeed, I myself will take care of you and your families” (Genesis 50:20, 21). God has placed us into our families for his purposes. And it is his desire that we get along with our brothers and sisters—no matter how difficult that may be on certain days.
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