Reflection on Friendship

Today I'm thinking about the friend I have in Jesus.  When I journey through Lent, I am pleasantly surprised by the ways God chooses to reveal Himself and the way I notice different aspects of life.  Lent is always a time of reflection and growth for me.  I am challenged in new ways to look at myself.  This year is no different.  I have always thought of Jesus as my friend.  I don't know if it's from songs I sang growing up, or if it was from the walk my mom had with him, or if it is just the way God has chosen to grow that relationship. Whatever it is, I am challenged today with the way I do friendships.  Do I do them like Jesus does his with me?  Am I as all in as Jesus is for me?  Do I invest in others the way Jesus invests in me?  I'm not exactly sure.  Friendships take on lives of their own.  Person to person relationships vary.  However, Jesus never varies.  He is the same.  I need to reflect on what this means for me in my relationships with others.  I often say I want people to see Jesus when they look at me.  I may be getting in the way of that simply in the way I interact with people.  God must be working on that in me, since He is so lovingly pointing it out.