I met him in the s when I was a high school English teacher and basketball coach and he was a tall gangly freshman Soon he was on my basketball team and in my classes mdash and a friendship was formed This same friend who had served with me as a fellow editor for many years stood before me at my retirement party and shared about the legacy of our longstanding friendship What is it about friends connected by the love of God that encourages us and brings us closer to Jesus The writer of Proverbs understood that friendship has
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