{"id":68,"date":"2011-10-04T18:06:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T18:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:12:37","slug":"words-of-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/words-of-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In my devotional this morning, I was reading John 15:13. Today my thoughts are about Friendship and this goes right along with being a True Friend as well as just being the person that God intended us to be. When our words are true, when they help and heal, inspire, and show kindness, God is honored.<\/p>\n<p>Before you speak THINK..<br \/>\nT-is it true?<br \/>\nH-is it helpful?<br \/>\nI-is it inspiring?<br \/>\nN-is it necessary?<br \/>\nK- is it kind?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John 15:13 \"There is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[207,95,91],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notes","tag-friendship","tag-life-notes","tag-notes-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Words of a Friend - Sandi Herron - Life at Spring Meadows<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/words-of-a-friend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Words of a Friend - Sandi Herron - Life at Spring Meadows\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/words-of-a-friend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sandi Herron - Life at Spring Meadows\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-04T18:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T13:12:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_6663.words-of-a-friend.ft_.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sandi Herron. 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