A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of their heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
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A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?
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Trouble is a sieve through which we sift all our acquaintances. Those too big to go through are our real friends.
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Luke 22:31:
'Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.'
(NIV)
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
(KJV)
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You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.
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