An Enemy Multiplies Kisses

This week we began our series "friends with benefits".  There was one scripture that caught everyone's attention tonight.  "Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses."  Every teenagers looked at me like I was crazy when I read this.  What I take this to mean is while your real friends may hurt you because they are telling you what you don't want to hear, an untrue/fake friend will always tell you what you do want to hear.  When you got hurt when you were little the first thing most of us wanted was for our moms to kiss it and make it better.  That, for many of us, was an easy way out.  Once mom kissed our boo-boo we were fine.  We would never really have to deal with the problem or what caused us to get hurt.  An untrue friend will always just want to say what needs to be said to give you a quick-fix.  We need to make the effort to take what our true friends say to heart.  Just like the proverb says, "wounds from a friend can be trusted."  Don't take the easy way out.  Deal with your stuff when a true friend presents it to you.