A JEWEL OF A FRIEND

Good friends are like rubies, precious and rare -
They are there when you need them, with comfort and care,
Ready to help with whatever you need,
To give of themselves with a kind word or deed.

Good friends are like sapphires, both rare and true blue,
Compassionate, helpful, faithful and true,
Always there for the other, whatever the cost,
Sharing in sorrow, in pain or in loss.

Good friends are like emeralds, the rarest of stones -
They never forsake you or leave you alone,
But unlike the emerald, with its sparkling green hue,
They aren’t green with envy, or jealous of you.

Good friends are like diamonds, enduring through time,
They never forget you, have you ever in mind,
And, though miles separate you, they still keep in touch
Through nice cards and letters and phone calls and such.

But there is no friend like Jesus, God’s own dear Son -
He’s like all of the PRECIOUS STONES compressed into one;
Forgiving, compassionate, He gives life without end.
He’s completely trustworthy, a Jewel of a Friend.

He’s a Jewel like no other, the Pearl of Great Price
Who reconciled us through suffering, and, by giving His life,
That we might be perfect and have life without end -
There’s no friend like Jesus; He’s the Jewel of all friends.

a. franklin staples
March 19, 1994

Copyright © 1994 by Allison F. Staples