Our friendship with God should change us too, in a way that is obvious to those who are around us. God’s standard for His friends is this: “Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy” (Lev. 19:2). This doesn’t mean that we are to be perfect. God is the only one who is perfect. But we are to be growing and looking more like Him. Confessing our sins and receiving His forgiveness and His righteousness. It means growing in how we love others. Obeying Him when He’s nudging us to love people who we