FRIEND

“The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.” (3 John 14) FRIEND! What a wonderful and meaningful word!
 
When the great composer, Beethoven, was asked what he considered the greatest accomplishment of his life, he replied, “I found and kept a true friend for life.”
 
“The glory of friendship,” wrote Waldo Emerson, “is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him…