JAFA 3
Friends are never as they first appear.
There are so many parts of your friend that you have not yet unwrapped. Every friend in your life is like a book; you are not qualified to read chapter two until you have thoroughly read chapter one.
The chapter you read determines the knowledge you receive. No friend has the same content as another. Every single friend in your life contains different information, knowledge, and experiences. We are not the same.
The underlying key for treating our friends differently therefore has to do with the measure of our differences from one another. Every Friend Is Different. One of the most dangerous things to do in friendship is to assume all our friends are the same and as such deserve the same treatment.
It's like treating water the same way you would treat a drink like Malt. If instead of using water to cook or brush your teeth, you decide to use malt, the outcome will be detrimental to your health.
You cannot relate with your female friends the same way you relate with your male friends. You cannot treat a pastor who is your friend the same way you would treat a classmate. The way you treat your parents, in your friendship with them, cannot be the same way you treat your friends who are not your parents.
Gloria Naylor says, “Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny, and a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
Until you know the differences in your friends, you cannot respond to them appropriately.
For us to have successful relationships and blissful friendships with people, it is imperative for us to understand that people are different. Each of these differences in people is so crucial to how we relate and treat them. It is when we do this that we can receive the best from the people God brings into our lives.
(To get copies of my books on friendship, thus, "Who is your friend?" and "Every friend requires a different treatment", kindly contact me )
Kind regards.
John Arthur,
President / Founder,
The School of Friendship,
Central Region, Ghana.
+233 (0) 246 666 491
This book, EVERY FRIEND REQUIRES A DIFFERENT TREATMENT, is focused on enabling you to treat all your friends differently according to the respective differences in their values in order to access the potentials God has stored in them for you. How you treat your friends determines what you receive from them.
This book, WHO IS YOUR FRIEND?, is aimed at enabling you to identify who really your friend is, choose the friends you want and build and sustain your friendships for the successful achievement of your unique purposes, dreams and goals. Who you befriend determines who you become.
Just give me a call or send me a message through my email for your copy.
Email: johnarthur3011@gmail.com
Thank you.