My Brother, My Friend

we are all bound together by the Godly bonds of brotherhood we are all the children of the Creator who is all perfect and good we have always been His neighbors, we have always been His friends for that was how He acknowledged man from the very beginning God sent us an invitation that was full of forgiveness and grace an offer of a philos love which He desired to put into place a friendship, a fellowship, a pure love between men the type of love that modern society can't seem to comprehend it's not about a physical love, it's not about homosexuality it's not the kind of love that will put one's manhood in jeopardy it's about pure friendship, a genuine meeting of the minds authentic relationships that are of the Christian kind as men we need to stop being isolated and struggle alone in our pain and not fall victim to alcohol and drugs in order to cope with the shame as men we need to stop being so stressed about the expectations that society on us has impressed don't allow secular society to define the parameters of brotherly love don't allow the world to besmirch that which was sent from God above friendship is the flower found in the desolated deserts in life friendship is the wine from the vine that is Jesus Christ Jesus Christ, the Son of Man who came to tell His Father's plan He once told a parable about a Good Samaritan the type of man that any would call a friend someone who might not even know you at all who would lift you up if you should ever fall someone who would aid you and tend to your hurts and not leave you lying all alone in the dirt someone who would give you their last dime or a part of their meal on which you could dine Yet among today's young black men who call each other brother they're the one who are more likely to abuse and kill each other they have issues, they're angry, fed up and frustrated with life trials, troubles, everyday is a struggle, every minute full of strife they've been stripped of their dignity, their honor and the goals living lives of violence which have gotten completely out of control as Christians we must move beyond the church walls and go into the neighborhoods look beyond our religiosity and start doing the greater good with sympathy and empathy for our fellow man to give comfort and compassion as much and as often as we can to be like the Good Samaritan and do whatever you have to do to offer a brotherly love and friendship like Jesus did for you