James tells us something about how to be friend. Some argue that friends are the latest casualty of the lifestyle wars as we struggle to balance the full-time demands of career and family. With spouse, mortgage, kids, schedules, work, hobbies and or travel, there doesn't seem to be room for anything else. Something's gotta give.
Friends seem expendable, so friends are the first to go.
Let me tell you something. When God created that first earth-creature in the Garden of Eden, God knew two things immediately. One, God needed company. Two, human beings, made in God's image, needed other human beings for company. It means somebody to sit down with at table.