{"id":1830,"date":"2013-04-07T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T13:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:46:26","slug":"losing-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/04\/losing-friends.html","title":{"rendered":"Losing Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether we move, or just grow apart, we sometimes lose friends.<\/p>\n<p>I often see tweeted on twitter: We don\u2019t lose our friends, we just find who are friends really are. But that isn\u2019t all that heartening. Why can\u2019t we feel as though<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/06\/replacing-loneliness.html\"> we have friends<\/a> we can rely on?<\/p>\n<p>This question was answered somewhat after I read this from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.trafford.com\/Products\/SKU-000137087\/21st-Century-Science-and-Health-with-Key-to-the-Scriptures.aspx\">21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Science and Health<\/a>,<\/em> \u201cOn the road to Emmaus, Jesus was known to his friends by the words which made their hearts burn within, and by the breaking of bread. The divine Spirit, which identified Jesus centuries ago, has spoken through the inspired Word and will speak through it in every generation and locality.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection. At first, Jesus wasn&#8217;t recognized, basically because the men thought Jesus was dead. But, he wasn\u2019t dead. After Jesus talked to them for a while, they recognized their burning hearts. Their hearts weren\u2019t burning with sadness, but joy and spiritual power.<\/p>\n<p>No matter who I am with, friend or foe, I try to look past the human picture and see, or feel, what divine Spirit is revealing to me. Spirit can only reveal its own goodness, therefore, when I\u2019m true to what Spirit is revealing, I feel as though I am around friends more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether we move, or just grow apart, we sometimes lose friends. I often see tweeted on twitter: We don\u2019t lose our friends, we just find who are friends really are. But that isn\u2019t all that heartening. Why can\u2019t we feel as though we have friends we can rely on? 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