To have a friend, you need to be a friend. You can really only count on God, so ask God to bless your friendships and all your relationships. A loving friendship is a gift from God. Two people sharing time and interests, thoughts and dreams. You will know a good friend by the feelings you have of really caring how the other person feels, caring for the welfare of the other, being able to talk about anything, and knowing this person will be there for you through thick and thin. In the same respect, knowing you will always be there for this person, no matter what, makes the friendship genuine and complete. With God as the center of your relationship, it cannot fail. Sirach 6: 14-17 "A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a shelter; A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds; For he who fears God, behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself."