Wednesday, February 22

Carnival of Beauty - Friendship
This morning, I found an e-card in my in-box from a friend, thanking me for my friendship. The card mentioned that February is International Friendship Month, a fitting time for a Carnival about friendship.

There are numerous mentions of friendship in the Bible...

Jonathan said, "Go in peace! The two of us have vowed friendship in GOD's name, saying, "GOD will be the bond between me and you, and between my children and your children forever!'" 1 Samuel 20:42 (The Message)

Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble. Proverbs 17:17 (The Message)

Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.Proverbs 18:24 (The Message)

If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!Ecclesiastes 4:10 (New International Version)

... and we can do well to remember that the joys of friendship are given to us as gifts of grace by God.

I was delighted to read all of this week's posts, and I'm hoping that we will all be encouraged by what these girls have to say.

Best friends, close friends, church friends, on-line friends and the Ultimate Friend. Read Iris' thoughts on different 'levels' of friendship in her entry "What is True Friendship."

Jennifer of Makarios Moments describes how the blessed gift of time from two dear friends helped this stressed-out Mom in her post entitled, "I Get By with a Little Help from my Friends."

This week at She Lives, Carol looks at famous girl friends and notices her own BEST FRIEND has all the best friendship traits from the whole bunch. Oh yeah, "She's Got a Friend Alright!"

Over at following an unknown path, Amanda looks at the different kinds of "Friendships Needed" in life.

As she flies through life on the tails of her husband's moves in the ministry, Christie from crickl's nest finds she has accumulated "A Fine Collection" of friends along the journey!

In her post, "Marriage: A Lifetime Friendship", Heather of Mom 2 Mom Connection shares about her parents' upcoming 40th wedding anniversary and reflects on the gift of being married to your best friend.

Patricia at Pollywog Creek Porch shares how friendship sometimes means having to tell a friend how her words can be hurtful to others in "A Different Perspective."

Deb at Mountain Musings encourages us to keep in touch with friends through the written word with her post, "The Beauty of Friendship."

Lastly, in my own post - "A Friend in Deed" - I consider the similarities between my real life and my imaginary life and find that there are three commonalities, one of which is friendship.

As always, a big thanks to Sallie for having the wonderful idea of the Carnival.

[  posted by Chel on Wednesday, February 22, 2006  ]
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5 Comments:

Thank you Michele for hosting this weeks carnival. Awesome job :)

By  eph2810, at 10:27 PM  

This was a great topic -- I'm enjoying the variety of views on friendship. Thanks for hostessing this and for adding the scriptures. You've done a wonderful job!

By  Heather Ivester, at 7:10 AM  

Thanks! I actually very much enjoyed hosting the Carnival this week!

By  Chel, at 7:21 AM  

just stopped by to say hello. thanks for all the interesting places you have posted for us to visit. it's amazing how much the blog world has become an encouragement to so many.

may you be blessed!
lisa

By  Radical One, at 12:11 PM  

just stopped by to say hello. thanks for all the interesting places you have posted for us to visit. it's amazing how much the blog world has become an encouragement to so many.

may you be blessed!
lisa

By  Radical One, at 12:11 PM  

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