God Gives Me Friends

The sweet smell of incense can make you feel good, but true friendship is better still.

Proverbs 27:9 (CEV)

Friends come in all shapes and sizes.

Sometimes they kind of look like you. Sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they are loud or funny or crazy. Sometimes they are quiet and shy. Sometimes they like to do your favorite things. Sometimes they teach you to play something completely new.

God loves us, and he places friends in our lives to help us in different ways. Some make us laugh when we have a bad day. Others give us hugs when we feel sad. We can also be a friend to those who are lonely and hurting. We can give hugs when they are sad. We can pray for them. We can have fun together and work together. (Work is always easier when more people help.)

God tells us to love each other. That means sometimes we must share when you don’t want to. Or you must take turns. Or you must play what the other person wants for a while. But all these things are worth it so that you can have wonderful friends . . . and you can be a good friend to them.

How awesome it is to have a God who sends us friends!

HERO TRAINING

Draw a picture of your friends and thank God for them!

GOD'S WONDERFUL WORLD

Animals usually are only friends with their own kind, but sometimes they make other friends. A dog once became friends with a wild fox!

KEEP IT GOING

Related passages:These additional verses will help expand your children's Scriptural knowledge and place on the armor of God’s Word to tackle each day. Swipe to read the passages today.

Proverbs 17:17

Ecclesiastes 4:9–10

John 13:34

John 17:20–21