“…relationship with God…”
“…friendship with God…”
These have always been abstractions for me and thus never had really any meaning. Until…
a class on St. Thomas’s Summa led to a discussion re loyalty and trust.
And therein lies my key for de-abstracting “relationship” and “friendship” and it works like this:
God is eternally loyal to us.
Due to sin, we will not always be loyal to Him
but I can have complete Trust in His mercy.
Thus is the relationship; thus is the friendship.