{"id":12979,"date":"2026-06-21T19:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=12979"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:45:47","slug":"the-glue-2-wednesday-june-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/the-glue-2-wednesday-june-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glue (2) &#8211; Wednesday, June 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man&#8217;s friend by hearty counsel \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Proverbs 27:9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason why I think our friendship has worked is because Gayle is happier, not happy but happier, for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through than I am for myself.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This was Oprah Winfrey\u2019s response several years ago when asked about the glue holding her and Gayle King\u2019s strong friendship together, which has now reached fifty years.\u00a0 While uncertain of Oprah\u2019s and Gayle\u2019s religious beliefs, their friendship has nevertheless demonstrated key ingredients essential to the sustenance of any worthwhile relationship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genuine Love<\/strong>: It\u2019s from personal acceptance and love, as described in Matthew 22:39, \u201cThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,&#8221; that seeks the care and well-being of your friend as desired for yourself.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Shared Values<\/strong>: They are the mutual beliefs and convictions that guide a friendship in a similar direction, as stressed in 2 Corinthians 6:14, which says:\u00a0 &#8220;Be ye not unequally yoked together.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Unselfishness<\/strong>: It\u2019s choosing to support the other person without envy or a competitive spirit, whereby striving to adhere to Philippians 2:3, which says: &#8220;let each esteem other better than themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just as God desires us to have friendships that project His characteristics, He has also provided us with the guidance needed to ensure their staying power.\u00a0\u00a0We need only look to His Word to find the glue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man&#8217;s friend by hearty counsel \u2013 Proverbs 27:9 &#8220;The reason why I think our friendship has worked is because Gayle is happier, not happy but happier, for me for any kind of success or victory or challenge I get through than I am &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/the-glue-2-wednesday-june-24-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Glue (2) &#8211; Wednesday, June 24, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12983,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12979\/revisions\/12983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}