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MEANINGLESS? Ecclesiastes Tuesday, February 12, 13

“Loneliness is the leprosy of modern society. And no one wants anybody to know they’re a leper.” Tuesday, February 12, 13

What’s a Friend? Tuesday, February 12, 13

So no one told you life was going to be this way. Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA. It's like you're always stuck in second gear, Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. I'll be there for you, like I've been there before. I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too. Tuesday, February 12, 13

“Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came; You want to be where you can see, Our troubles are all the same; You want to be where everybody knows your name!” Tuesday, February 12, 13

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” CS Lewis, The Four Loves. Tuesday, February 12, 13

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” Friedrich Nietzsche Tuesday, February 12, 13

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” Henri Nouwen, The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey Tuesday, February 12, 13

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. AA Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. 11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends increase your sense of belonging and purpose Boost happiness Reduce stress Improve self-worth Help in coping with trauma Encourage healthy lifestyle habits Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends accomplish more together Friends strengthen our outlook in adversity Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends accomplish more together Friends strengthen our outlook in adversity Friends help each other up Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends accomplish more together Friends strengthen our outlook in adversity Friends help each other up Friends keep each other warm Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends accomplish more together Friends strengthen our outlook in adversity Friends help each other up Friends keep each other warm Friends defend one another Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 Friends accomplish more together Friends strengthen our outlook in adversity Friends help each other up Friends keep each other warm Friends defend one another Friendship is vulnerability Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 To have friends you must be a friend Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 To have friends you must be a friend Friends encourage & praise Proverbs 11:12 17:9 27:5-6 Galatians 6:1 Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 To have friends you must be a friend Friends encourage & praise Friends stick together Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 4:12b A cord of three strands is not quickly broken Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 The Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit Unity - Community - Relationship We are made for relationship Christian relationships include Jesus Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 1 john 3:16 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 Tuesday, February 12, 13

T’he Brothers Karamazov’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky “What is Christ’s word without an example?” Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 IMITATION “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ” 1 Corinthians 11:1 Tuesday, February 12, 13

Ecclesiastes 4 ...in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 Tuesday, February 12, 13

true affection is revealed in behavior what Jesus has done for you... do for others. Tuesday, February 12, 13