FRIENDSHIP

Nowadays, many people can tell that it’s difficult to find real friends. Now that everyone is facing a crisis, it’s really hard to give your full trust to someone. We have lots of friends, but can you name those who are real and genuine? Allow me to tell you a very good story about friendship.

 

            A video in Youtube entitled,” Christian, the lion” really moved me. This is a real story, a great friendship between humans and animals. It was year 1969 when John Rendall and Ace Berg saw a lonely and cramped cub. They decided to bring it home and a local vicar did agree. They named him Christian. Christian quickly became big for their grounds that they allowed to introduce him in Africa. A year later, John and Ace were informed that Christian already leads his own pride and would not recognize humans anymore. Undaunted, they still went to Africa to visit and check him. When they arrived, they asked natives if they have seen a lion guiding his own pride. Surprisingly, a lion walks towards the. It was Christian! He leaped over his friends. He really missed them a lot that he was kissing, hugging and licking their face.

 

            C.S. Lewis once quoted that friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art… it has no survival value; rather, it is one of those things that give value to survival. In the story, Christian was reintroduced in Africa and his friends were his inspirations for his survival. We can also find a real friend. It may not be a lion nor any other animal.

 

          Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” We are living in a cruel world. We can hardly find friends that are true. All may leave, but there is one friend who’ll stay. A friend who could be my friend, your friend and everybody’s friend. He is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. His name is Jesus Christ.