“This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes” (2 Timothy 1:15).

Sometimes it seems like some of my friends are drifting away from me.

Then, also like Paul, I remember other friends . . . .

“The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain” (2 Timothy 1:16,17).

I am so thankful for steady, faithful friends like Jake and Joe.

This all reminds me of a verse in Proverbs . . . .

“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother” (18:24).

Here’s my rough-and-quick translation of how it’s rendered in Spanish: “The man that has friends is to show him a friend . . . .”

Maybe I’m not conducting routine maintenance on my friendships.

Perhaps it isn’t so much that some friends are drifting from me, but more that I’m drifting from them!

Hmmm.

Then I wonder something else: Just what kind of friend am I? Am I a verse 15 friend or a verse 16 friend?

Oh wow!