Text from a friend, no, a brother, this morning:
“My Brothers, Mark Linton wrote: A real man is the kind of man that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says Oh Crap, he’s up! Brother, life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat u right. Forgive the ones who don’t just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Take a few minutes to think before u act when you’re mad . Forgive quickly. God never said life would be easy . He just promised it would be worth it. Today is Brother’s day, send this to all your brothers, fathers, sons and me if I am one.”
Lord, thank you for all of our brothers. May we encourage each other, love one another, and sustain one another. May we our brotherly bonds flourish as we meet new ones in time. Amen.
Proverbs 17:17, NIV: A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
1 Samuel 18:1 King James Bible Version
And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.