You've Got a Friend

Dear Friend,
How are you? I’m well.
 
On February 3rd, 2021, I had a dream where I was a student in K-10 in a High School. There seemed to be a rehearsal for the annual performance or something. I was supposed to play a role in kind of a kit. I wore a Korean traditional dress. It seemed that the kit was kind of comedy and I should make audience laugh out loud. The dress was way too long for me, as if it were one of the comic expressions to the audience. One of my dialogues was something like, my shoes’ heels get lower and lower year after year so that after nine years, there was no heel left, and I showed my flat shoes hidden from the end of the long dress that almost wiped the floor. It sounded kind of silly to me, but it was one of the dialogues that I was supposed to say. I then saw “10-2” which I thought the second semester in K-10. Later, I had to sing a song on the stage, but I was not able to recall the song I was supposed to sing.  Suddenly, it came into my memory. It was “You’ve Got a Friend.” And I said to the audience, “The Holy Spirit is your Friend!” which I think was my ad-lib. I sang the song and it turned out to be a big hit in the rehearsal.  
 
When I awoke, the song was so clear to me.  Many times, I awoke, forgetting what dream I had, but it was clearly kept in my memory. I was so happy to know the Lord said to me that the Holy Spirit, the Helper, the Comforter, the Wonderful Counselor is my Friend. The other night when I listened to a teaching on Seven Spirits of God, I wondered whether the Holy Spirit had a form like a Person. Then, I fell asleep, while listening to the teaching. And I believe the Lord was telling me that the Holy Spirit could be a Person, like a Friend, through the song, “You’ve Got a Friend” and through the dream of the High School. The song was special to me, as it brought back the memory of my old days. I used to listen to it, maybe even before I went to my high school. I recall I used to listen to Anne Murray’s cassette tape, and it was one of the songs in her album. Just waking up from the dream around 4am, I played out this song by another singer on my mobile phone and I repeatedly listened to the song on my bed, taking it as if the Lord was speaking into my ears.
 
In a couple of weeks after the dream, I was reading a James Durham’s book, A Warrior’s Guide to the Seven Spirits of God.I found it interesting that he wrote the Holy Spirit as our friendly force:
God sent the Holy Spirit, as the ultimate friendly force, to give you the kind of strength you need to stand.
 
[Durham, James A. A Warrior's Guide to THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD PART 1: Basic Training. Xulon Press. Kindle Edition.] 
 
Indeed, in our spiritual warfare, the Holy Spirit is our friendly force and we are not alone.
 
Friend,
I know our Heavenly Father is talking to us, not only through the Bible, but sometimes through films, songs, TV commercials and so on.  He wants to let us know we’ve got a Friend, the Holy Spirit. He is the Person, the Friend. And He is our friendly force in the spiritual warfare we should wage.
 
You’ve Got a Friend: 
​When you're down and troubled
And you need some love and care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, running, yeah, yeah, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes, I will
Now, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold?
They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them, oh, but don't you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, running, yeah, yeah, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes, I will
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
Ain't it good to know, ain't it good to know, ain't it good to know
You've got a friend?
Oh yeah now, you've got a friend
Yeah baby, you've got a friend
Oh yeah, you've got a friend
 
Have a bliss!
Yunee

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Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. (John 16:7)