Relationships: What It Takes to Be a Friend

Dr. Pamela Reeve is a true schollar of Jesus, she uses her experiences and wisdom to write books. I just loved this book as I did her others. I had the opportunity to meet her, and what a blessing that was. I would recomend this book, it is worth the read.

My daughter purchased this recommended book for herself, and because I was recuperating from surgery, I asked if I could read it first. During midlife there are so many questions; one being, where are my friends today when I need them most. Dr. Pamela Reeve defined for me three types of relationships, and the impact each relationship has in one's life. For the first time I understood why I was feeling abandoned. Through her writing I was able to evaluate my relationships by putting them into proper perspective no longer grouping them into one whole but recognizing them as separate unique relationships with each responding in totally different ways; consequently, I was not abandoned. Ultimately in the end, she instilled that no one can meet my deepest longings but God. Now that I better understand how to categorize my "relationships," I no longer expect something from a relationship that was never there. Solace in relationships is the fact that God's relationship with me never changes and is perfectly defined.