What is a friend? Maybe they are people who will listen to you, or people who you can boss around all the time, or maybe even just people who don't have to do anything but sit with you at lunch. As Asher put it,
"Friends are important sources of companionship and recreations, share advice and valued possessions, serve as trusted confidants and critics, act as loyal allies, and provide stability in times of stress or transition"' (qtd. in Dolich 1)
Even in the beginning, when man was first created and put in the Garden of Eden to work the ground, there was a need for friendship and companionship. As God says while watching Adam work, "it is not good for man to be alone. I will make a companion for him.'" (qtd. in Adam
2:18). From the rib of Adam, God created Eve who was to be Adams companion forever. Do we even need this companionship, and if so is it important? As a recent poll of high school students shows, forty percent believe that friends are very important to them.......
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