Friends

This song has been around for nearly twenty years, yet it's still so touching...can you hear the tune as you read the words?...

Packing up the dreams God planted

In the fertile soil of you

Can't believe the hopes He's granted

Means a chapter in your life is through

But we'll keep you close as always

It won't even seem you've gone

'Cause our hearts in big and small ways

Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Refrain:

And friends are friends forever if the Lord's the Lord of them

And a friend will not say "never" 'cause the welcome will not end

Though it's hard to let you go, in the Father's hands we know

That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends

With the faith and love God's given

Springing from the hope we know

We will pray the joy you'll live in

Is the strength that now you show

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A friendship in the Lord truly lasts. Think about friends of yours who have stood with you over time through thick and thin when all others dwindled away. Can you see the Lord's hand at work?!? How?

Even more amazing is the friend we have in Jesus. He sticks closer than a brother.