" 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 FatherI have made known to you." - Jn. 15: 15
How good it is to know that someone calls you "friend" and sometimes treat you as his best friend. As a relational being, we tend to look for someone who could undestand and made us feel secure and happy. Jesus made known everything of Him to His disciples before considering them His friend. I repeat... EVERYTHING. Jesus' disciples witnessed how He wept from the death of a friend, how Jesus showed His anger at the temple and how Jesus told Peter "Go away from me Satan!". But His disciples remained still to their faith to Jesus. Whenever we experience conflict between our considered friends, it is only a part of discovering their personality. A part of gradual knowing of the totality of our friends. It is not yet the "EVERYTHING" of that person. What is important is the moment we have shared with them, the learning we get and the humility acquired from them. Friendship does not manifest only in being with each other or always updating each other. Like what Jesus’ disciples did when He ascended into Heaven, they continue to fulfill what Jesus want them to do and continue to show what they have learn and experience being a friend of Jesus. Nothing on earth will last forever. And friendship will only last depending on the person’s decision and free will. No one is to blame if that friendship will not end in good terms. It is up to us, after knowing everything from our friends, good or bad, if we will continue to accept them and soon call them our FRIENDS.
How good it is to know that someone calls you "friend" and sometimes treat you as his best friend. As a relational being, we tend to look for someone who could undestand and made us feel secure and happy. Jesus made known everything of Him to His disciples before considering them His friend. I repeat... EVERYTHING. Jesus' disciples witnessed how He wept from the death of a friend, how Jesus showed His anger at the temple and how Jesus told Peter "Go away from me Satan!". But His disciples remained still to their faith to Jesus. Whenever we experience conflict between our considered friends, it is only a part of discovering their personality. A part of gradual knowing of the totality of our friends. It is not yet the "EVERYTHING" of that person. What is important is the moment we have shared with them, the learning we get and the humility acquired from them. Friendship does not manifest only in being with each other or always updating each other. Like what Jesus’ disciples did when He ascended into Heaven, they continue to fulfill what Jesus want them to do and continue to show what they have learn and experience being a friend of Jesus. Nothing on earth will last forever. And friendship will only last depending on the person’s decision and free will. No one is to blame if that friendship will not end in good terms. It is up to us, after knowing everything from our friends, good or bad, if we will continue to accept them and soon call them our FRIENDS.
