Friendship is one of the consolations of man upon earth. One faithful friend is worth a hundred acquaintances. A friend who values our friendship for its own sake, is a treasure without price. Such a friend we have in God. He has nothing to gain from my friendship. His infinite happiness is not increased by it. Yet His infinite goodness includes an intense desire to make me happy.

When we have a faithful friend who is possessed of unlimited influence and power, we consult him in all our difficulties. God is of all friends the most faithful and the most powerful; He desires to be consulted by us in things small as well as great, never tiring of our requests, more ready to hear than we to pray. Yet how little have I had recourse to Him hitherto! How little I have trusted Him!

The best proof of a friend's love is a desire for our company. In this respect what friend is like God? He asks us, begs us, commands us, to be always in His Presence: "Walk with God and be thou perfect." All those who have served God the best, have done so because He was continually in their thoughts. He desires that we should be always with Him, both here and hereafter. His one object in all His commands to us is to secure our company for ever in Heaven. Why am I so indifferent about His presence, so soon weary of God?

Pray that you may appreciate and enjoy the Divine friendship of God.