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sisygirl View Profile History	This post is a little more expressive... Posted : 22 Feb, 2014 09:33 AM ... I need you to read with an open mind so you don't misunderstand and get me wrong. "Friendship is a relationship with both parties giving to the other. I learned that a friend is someone who I would freely give my life for and without asking I know that my friend would do the same for me. A friend is also someone who we are comfortable sharing our hearts with and who handles our heart with gentleness while we do the same with theirs." Have been pondering on that massage for a while now. It has been clear that I have been missing the value of friendship since I have never really refereed to it with such depth and honer, not to mention the challenge of keeping with this pace. That was sent as an assurance of a continues friendship now that the other part is no longer a mamber in this site. Now the question I wanna ask you folks is: Could friendship be having more value and meaning than we could have anticipated? If the answer to the above question is 'yes' then why would two precious friends risk losing this by suggestion taking things to the next level, knowing very well that failure to make the relationship work for whatever reason, the two are not gonna only lose the failed relationship, the very precious friendship that has meant so much on both parties stands to be lost too. One (if not both) may no longer be comfortable to pour his/her heart to the other like they did before they took things on the next level. NB... Don't get me wrong please, no one has suggested taking things to the next level. Sercumnstances won't allow anyway since there's weigh too much to consider not to mention the age difference inspite of how well we do interact. Seems like there's more value on friendship than relationship taking from the opening massage and the experience that has came with before and after it was sent me. Care to share your view please with your experiences of friendship that you've had with an opposite sex wereby inspite of the boundries and sercumnstances that wouldn't have allowed the two to have what is refered to as 'being more than friends' both parties were still content with what they currently had, and felt the importance of keeping things this way fore 'friendship' showed to have far greater meaning and value than any other form of relationship the two could have ever have. Thank you for opening up to my request... You welcome to ask for more clarity if you kinda missed what i'm try to ask or say. Post Reply
sisygirl View Profile History	This post is a little more expressive... Posted : 28 Feb, 2014 04:00 PM Greetings Truehermit! How's it there? "Believed or not, friednship is looking after it self." My experiences are different from the above qoated sentence. There was a time I had to scroll my phone book and ask myself about each individual stored there, Weather it was worth keeping or deleting, trust me I deleted 90% of friends stored in my phone book. Reason being i'm not taking anything from them. Whenever reaching out, they taking from me not only referring to material things. Spiritually, emotionally, mentally and in all other possible ways. Some friends we don't need, they drain us energy. Therefore, friendship is a two way traffic, it doesn't take care of it self unless the other part is being "used" in the name of friendship. Thank you for your contribution on this! Post Reply
sisygirl View Profile History	This post is a little more expressive... Posted : 1 Mar, 2014 12:16 AM 2nd Question WooooooooooooooooooooooooW!!! Well tought and well explained. Believe me I wish my friend was still a member in this site. Many times he spoken of 'Agape' love that will better sustain our friendship and any other form of love not rooted on the foundation of Agape love will only be a waist of time and effort since lacking this form of love, 'Agape'.... Means that a relationship will surely fail to stand its test of time. I asked him to explain what 'Agape' love is fore that was very new to me. I asked him to explain it like he would to a child. His explanation was just as deep as his understanding of what 'friendship' real is to him. I'll share few paragraphs of how he explained it to me, which really made it harder for me to comprehend. I'm hoping he'll send more explanations of what and how Agape love really works, which you've just tought and clarified to me in simple way to understand. He described it as follows: "Not long ago I was asked what my view of friendship was. My answer was similar albeit a little more detailed. I was then told how my answer was a masculine view of friendship but was not given a corresponding feminine view of friendship. I seek friends who tell me the truth even if it is something that hurts me. Scripture tells us that "the wounds of a friend can be trusted" after all. It is a wonderful thing that our Lord is able to handle or deal with the wounds that we deliver to Him with such grace. Further demonstration of His Love for us. In Greek the word� "love" is translated from different words for love that have different meanings. When Jesus asked Peter if Peter "loved" Him. Jesus used the word "Agape" (sacrificial love) Peter replied all three times... You know that I "love" you Lord. Peter used the Greek word "Phileo" for love. Meaning a friendship kind of love. At the end of Peter's life he died a sacrificial "Agape" love for Jesus. This speaks to me and us I believe that we offer whatever "love" that we can muster on our own and give it to Jesus and He will then mature that "love" into a "Love" that is greater then we now know or can currently express." Thank you so much Amstel for being as open and sharing your knowledge on what 'friendship is and how it must work in relationship too. Feel free please to take this further should you wish to. I'm not limiting you dear neither am I putting this to an end, though may take longer to write back to you. I have other responsibilities to focus on now that may keep me away from the site for few days. Much appreciation once more for sharing your knowledge with me (and other fellows here) �:applause: :applause: Post Reply

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