My Closest Friend

My Closest Friend

 

I place my hope in you

For you alone are Lord

There could never be another

I could ever love more

 

There’s no-one who comes closer

To you in my life

For you are my closest friend

In whom I can confide

 

And share my deepest longings

My hurts and my fears

Knowing you will understand

And wipe away my tears

 

Knowing I can come to you

Morning, noon or night

You will never turn me away

But give ear to my plight

 

And you will not condemn me

Nor judge what I say

For you are full of constant love

And listen when I pray

 

You love was such that you died

My soul you came to save

From certain eternal misery

Awaiting beyond the grave

 

But now in you I can be sure

Of eternity with you

Freed from pain and misery

With eternal joy too

 

by M.S.Lowndes

 

So who is “my closest friend”? It’s God!

You’ll see some of the statements in the above poem reflect some of the things I’ve been talking about over the last while. e.g. This poem talks about how my closest friend will not judge me…I spoke about not judging us in Don’t Judge Me; It talks about how eternity and how God will be with us always…I spoke about this in Prepare For The Future and also in other posts.

Who else can we rely on not to judge us but remain our friend forever?

God is my closest friend today and forever! Let Him be your closest friend too.

Befriended by Matt Redman sums up my relationship with God: