Sermon Reflections - Kisser VS Cleaver

Today's sermon was just awesome.

As I look at my own life, indeed, when I look at the people around me, everyone's friendly, everyone's loving, but only 2-3 are TRUE friends, people who are loyal and committed.

Friendship is never true friendship, until it is TESTED.'

You are never truly faithful until you are given the chance to be unfaithful.

You are never truly loving until you are given the chance to hate.

Etc, etc...

For me, majority failed the test. People who were once there, but are no longer there.
People whom I sacrificed and laid my life down for, once there, no longer there.
People who dont reply calls or smses, it just shows how 'committed' they are.

There's no commitment, to them, Im just someone there to meet their needs, like a vending machine.
Once satisfied, thats it, you no longer hear from them.

People who are totally uninterested in other people's lives.
The only time they are interested in people's lives are when there is something that interests them.
+1 -1 = 0.
You are going nowhere my 'friend'.

They dont even press into people's lives.
And the only time you ever hear from them, is when they have a problem and they NEED you.

I dont want friends that 'need' me, please.
I want real friends that WANT me.
Friend who enjoy each other's company and are involved in each other's lives.
Whether you're up or down, they are there, right beside you.

And not behind you 'all the way', so far that you cant see them.

You have your 'cliques', those are your true friends, so spare yourself from going around and telling anybody and everybody that you are their friend and cheat people of their feelings and not being accountable and responsible, or taking stewardship of what belongs to another person - that is their time and their energy.

Yet despite, being in the midst of all these, I still try my best to give all the way, serve all the way, even when I get nothing in return, because that's what true love is.

Without love, you are nothing.

The bible says to "look out not just for your own INTERESTS, but also for the INTERESTS of others".

Note, it didnt say to look out for the needs of others, but INTERESTS.
Dont just talk about what you like, what you feel, what you intend, all the time.
Next time, just bring your 'name card'.

And when others start sharing their life stories, you become cynical, skeptical and judgemental.
You get excited about yourself but bored of other people.

What the world is looking for, are not the 'kissers', but the 'cleavers'.