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FRIENDS DUE TO SICKNESS?

By Jonathan Caswell

 

A friend he has at work

Says he wouldn’t be his friend….

If the man were not sick,

And on him he had to depend.

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This puzzling state of affairs,

For two who used to fight…

Is now they work together

Seeing things in a different light.

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It helps, one can suppose,

That both care for ill family….

The one, his elderly parents,

The other his bride lovely.

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They share that common bond

And talk about theology…

Allowing disagreement

To not hamper the work to complete.

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The one with diabetes

Sometimes tries to work too hard…

The other has learned to watch him

And has kept him working so far.

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One other time I’m aware of,

When sickness led to great wealth…

In Galatians, Chapter four, thirteen,

When Paul stopped there with ill health.

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The upshot of that recovery

Was Galatians finding the Lord…

And Paul writing a letter 

To please get their spirits restored.