An Unshakeable Companion

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. - Proverbs 17:17

It is easy to be a friend when everything is good and things are going well. Sometimes it is easy to be a friend because we are benefiting from the relationship. But what happens when things take a turn? What happens when we are not the one benefiting from the relationship, but instead the one who needs to provide the benefit? A true friend sticks by your side even when things get tough. This is the kind of friend we all desire. But to have such friends, we must be such a friend ourselves.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson