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3-5-12
A friend called me early one morning and stated, "Larry, I was part of a conversation that took place the other evening and along the way the others brought up your name and ran you down. I sat there boiling, but I never said a word. Finally one of them mentioned that I was your friend and perhaps they should get off the current conversation. I then mumbled something like, 'Well if you knew Larry as well as I do, you wouldn't talk about him as you have.' I am sorry that I failed to stand up for you."
This is the only such statement anyone has ever made to me about me in 70 years on earth. I am humbled by this man's honesty. There are at least three ways to look at things like this. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." I'm sure that's the way most feel about such things.
On the other hand I take a 180 degree different position on the subject. The position is taken after much pain and deep thought. I reached a position that for me is comfortable: I do not and will not ask or expect any friend to stand up for me at great cost, for it is unlikely that I could repay in kind. Why would I want my friends to suffer ostracism, financial loss, marital brawls or the Lord forbid a frown from the brethren?
On still another hand,(I am hoping to be lawyer and will need more hands) Christ offers great eternal rewards for standing up at any price, at any time for Him, and we count it an honor to suffer for His name. Think about it.
Larry Lilly Copyright 2012 © Use with credit.
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