A FRIENDSHIP FOR THE AGES=David and Jonathan

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

5-25-13

 

 

A FRIENDSHIP FOR THE AGES---David and Jonathan

 

What do you consider

To be the most important qualities

Of a friendship

Or perhaps your best friend

 

Loyalty perhaps

One who is there

When you need help

Maybe someone who encourages you

When you are feeling down

 

The Bible tells us the story

Of such a friendship

Of two such men

Together in GOOD times

Together in bad times

 

NOT family

Not death

Could destroy this friendship

 

A friendship

FOR ALL TIMES

 

Jonathan was the oldest son of King Saul

And a friend of David’s

The boy/man who slayed Goliath

And who

Was to become the king after Jonathan’s father

 

Jonathan himself

Was a mighty warrior

Who led attacks

 

Saul-Jonathan’s father

Seeks to kill David

Because of David’s immense popularity

And Saul’s own jealousy of him

 

David goes to Jonathan and says,

 

“What have I done

What is my crime

How have I wronged your father

That he is trying to take my life”                                                                  1 Samuel 20:1

 

Jonathan replies,

 

“Whatever you want me to do

I’ll do for you”                                                                                       1 Samuel 20:4

 

A friend indeed

He even helps him escape his father the King

Who is trying to kill him

 

David even spares Saul’s life

On several occasions

When he could have taken it

 

And when Saul, Jonathan, and the rest of the family

Are slain in battle

David laments for all of them

 

And David NEVER FORGETS

His friendship with Jonathan

He says,

“Is there anyone still left

Of the House of Saul

To whom I can show kindness for

For Jonathan’s sake”                                                                               2 Samuel 9:1

 

He finds out

Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth and says,

 

“Don’t be afraid

For I will surely show you kindness

For the sake of your father Jonathan

 

I will restore you

ALL the land

That belonged to your grandfather Saul

And you will always eat at my table”                                                            2 Samuel 9:7

 

David and Jonathan

A friendship in life

A friendship in death

 

A FRIENDSHIP FOR THE AGES

 

May God bless you

With many such friends

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-23-12

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        5-25-13

 

“A FRIEND loves at all times”                                                   Proverbs 17:17

 

“Greater love has no one than this-that he lay down his life for his FRIENDS”

John 15:13

 

 

 

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