I am sure you are already asking yourself "What does the picture of the mouse trap have to do with "How To Catch A Friend"? Well, we definately won't catch a friend by the use of a mouse trap and what I catch with mouse traps certainly aren't my friends. I am not too fond of mice and I praise the Lord we really don't have a mice problem. I have to share this story before we begin--speaking of mice!! When my husband and I got our first actual home - after living in a 2 room apartment for the first 1 1/2 years of marriage (that wasn't a good situation cause when we had a little spat we'd always end up with 2 spats on which room we each were going to take to 'pout'--it wasn't that bad but 2 rooms was TOO small)...we finally got a REAL home. It was located in a fairly new subdivision that had been a field where farmers grew things. It was full of field mice. We had such a mice problem and it wasn't too enjoyable for one who is just scared to death of the little things. One day while I was in our kitchen I seen something scurry across the floor and under my frig. This is how afraid I am of them...I got in a kitchen chair (feet up of course) and watched as he went from under the frig to another area of the kitchen. Then he made his way to our laundry room. I was just terrified. I wasn't going to get off that chair til my husband got home. My husband finally got home from work and by that time I think the mouse was almost in cardiac arrest from my screaming every time he'd run to a different area. I was determined to get him out of the house before I went to bed. So my husband got in the laundry room and rocked the washer and dryer and about that time he came out. We didn't have any traps so my husband got a broom. To make a long story short and this seems unbelieveable but it's true...my husband killed the exhausted mouse with a BROOM. I am not kidding. I think it had ran all it's energy out and was to the point of just wanting to die instead of hearing my scream at the top of my lungs. I will never forget that.
Now that's a pretty crazy story and I hope you don't find yourself going to great lengths to do such as the above to find a friend. Have you ever had a mouse come to YOU? No, you need to trap it. The same with a friend, to catch a friend...YOU must be one. When you show geniune interest in others, they are drawn to you and the two of you begin to form some sort of friendship.
I found this quote that said: A friend is a gift you give yourself. When you catch a friend, you are sharing yourself with someone, and in return your friend shares themself with you. Friends are one of life's treasures.
We NEED friends. We NEED someone we can talk to, laugh with, share our burdens with, call upon when we are in need or need uplifting. Jesus was our example in everything---even the area of friendships. Jesus was a friend to many people. He went to visit them. He spent time with them. He got to know them. He was setting the example for us that in order to have a friend, you need to be one. Jesus cared for other people. He was genuinely interested in them.
Why not take some time this week to just drop some of your closest friends a note letting them know you are thankful for their friendship?
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