My Best Friends

I have some of the most godly and wonderful friends 

in the world. They are very wise and I seriously consider 

everything they say to me. They have never led me 

astray, though sometimes they are over my head and 

I do not understand. But I find by listening carefully 

they will explain each other and they never disagree 

with each other, and never quarrel.

At the top of the list are some old friends called 

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Paul is wonderful and 

practical as is James. I am not sure of one of them, 

but I suspect it may be Paul in disquise. Peter will 

not be ignored, nor Jude.

Others are wonderful, but they speak in riddles, 

sometimes, for they wrote in dim light. Moses is 

Majestic, Sweet poetry and philosophy comes 

from Job, David, and Solomon. There are historians 

whose names nobody knows and many prophets 

among the circle.

Many years ago I found out that they all heard 

from One who has now gone to Heaven. That is 

why they are so wise, because they got their words 

from Him.

I have learned that it is very smart for me not to 

talk much when they speak. They are very mannerly 

and only speak when you want them to. I wonder 

how stupid it is for me to have other friends who 

don't know what they are talking about. I have 

learned a lot from others who have listened to them 

and meditated much about their words. This second 

circle of friends are people in the first rank like St. 

Augustine, John Calvin, Herman Witsius, Francis 

Turretin, Herman Bavinck, Casper Olevianus, 

Zacharias Ursinus, and others that I see once in a 

while. I have some new friends, but their greatest 

value is helping me see what the others were talking 

about.

There are some very old wise men I would like to 

meet, but I cannot speak their language and translators 

are hard to find. It is very hard to leave the presence 

of such, especially those of the first rank, to be with 

people like the Tonight Show or MSNBC or the blind 

like Plato.

There are people who make fun of them and of those 

who read them and call it "book larnin." I am sorry 

for them and wish they knew those of the first rank, 

who are the most friendly to those who would listen 

to them.

I write this for the few who read this that might desire 

to make some of these your friends. They are easy to 

find, especially now in the modern world and they are 

much cheaper than a college education that will cost 

you much and teach you little.