As an introvert, there are times I neglect my friendships. I love my friends and enjoy spending time with them. After spending time with a friend, I feel refreshed and energized. BUT…I don’t initiate well. (Local friends, you know I’m speaking the truth!)
Because I’m okay (and actually need) to spend time by myself, I sometimes fail to plan time with friends.
Can you relate?
Maybe, like me, you too are an introvert and struggle to initiate with your friends.
Or, maybe you don’t spend time with your friends because your schedule is packed full and the thought of adding another thing to your already full plate overwhelms you.
Or, maybe you battle insecurity and don’t really think anyone would want to spend time with you anyway.
There are a variety of reasons we might fail to invest in friendships. Regardless of our reasoning, though, the truth is that we need friends.
Here are a few reasons why.
5 Reasons We Should Stop Neglecting Friendships:
1. Friends can help us become better people.
Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) says it well: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” When we surround ourselves with godly friends, they can “sharpen” us and help us draw nearer to the Father.
Want to read the rest of this post? Click on over to Do Not Depart, where I posted earlier this year on this topic.
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So so true and I am so the same way. Very hard to achieve those friendships when you have little ones…I'm learning to make the effort and try as well.
I think that's a pretty common problem: busyness. That and insecurity…We all want friends. We are just so busy and so afraid of rejection….
Great article. I totally agree with you. I desparately need friends, but at my age there are none to be found and I tend to try to use my husband and it just doesn't work. All the women of my age have their own problems to work out and they just don't have time for other new friends.