What Kind Of Friend Are You?

What kind of friend are you? Many of us think we are great people to have as a friend. But is that really true? Below are some suggestions on how you can become a better friend to those you care about.

• Pray for people by name and pray for their specific situation.
• Take the time to be a better listener than you are a talker.
• Be someone that others can trust with their secrets.
• Call or email someone you have not made contact with in awhile. Your contact may make someone's day and uplift their spirits.
• Go out of your way to be considerate, even when it is inconvenient.
• Always try to be constructive, not destructive in your observations about people.
  Never entertain rumors about your friends.
• Put as much effort into building platonic friendships as many singles put into finding romantic partners.
• Surprise a friend by taking them out to dinner or offering to pay their way to a movie. Do it with no expectation of payback.
• Strive to achieve the kind of friendship that David and Jonathan (from the Bible) shared.

May 2006 be a year of great friendships for Christian singles everywhere.