Romance and Friendship

“Friendship Fuels the Flame of Romance,” is something that I read in one of my class readings this week. This really stuck out to me. I think of the many successful marriages I have seen in my life and what it really does come down to is if they are friends.

As a kid, I felt a great deal of loyalty to my friends. I felt like I had to stand up for them and defend them all of the time. I proudly claimed “so and so” to be my best friend. It was almost like a badge that I wore around.

Now, I think about it and I think about the many friends I have had over the years and I still feel that loyalty to them. If I can feel this way about friends of whom I don’t passionately love then I better be feeling that friendship towards my spouse. I think it to be amazing that friendship can lead to romance. We all need friends and we all need romance, so if they go hand in hand then we are totally set.

As I was thinking about all of my friends a big one crossed my mind, and that man is Jesus Christ. I remember talking to a family member one time and telling them that I felt like I didn’t have any friends where I was living and that the only person who had my back was Jesus Christ. I feel that the principle of friendship bringing us closer is applicable to our relationship with God. As we follow his teachings and follow his commandments, we gain an eternal friend. What an awesome deal!

I know that God loves every one of us and he is waiting for us to turn to him and make him our best friends. I love that friendship can bring a couple together just as much as it can to our Heavenly Father.