It's the thought that counts.

Have you ever heard the expression It's the thought that counts? I've used it. I've decided I don't like it. It sounds like the biggest excuse I've ever heard. Okay, I thought about buying you a car and because it is the thought that counts you need to be that much grateful to me. K? K! How silly.

Now, apply this to friendships. In order to have a friend, you have to be a friend and that doesn't mean sending them an email that says I'm thinking about you when your friend is down. That means getting uncomfortable and doing what the friend needs not staying in your comfortable position and yelling across the room I'm praying for you! We are called to be God's legs and hands get out of your easy chair and do something!!! Anything!!!

1 John 3:18 says Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

So, today I challenge you to get up! Get out of your comfort zone. What does your friend need? This is the fun part you get to pick which friend and what you are going to do. I'm guessing you know which one needs you. It is probably an easy choice, but there is probably something that is holding you back.

Job 6:14 says A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends.

Which of your friends is despairing? Have you already done so much for them and you are tired of it? They are just way too needy and you are thinking you are done and need to move on to your own family or another friend?

Today I challenge you, what if that was you? Would you want someone to keep trying to get a lifeboat out to you or would you want someone to suddenly stop trying and call from the shore. "Sorry, it's just too hard but I will pray for you!"

Today be God's hands and his feet. Love God's people no matter how unloveable they are. Remember it's not just the thought that counts it's the action that goes with it.