" When I became a Christian as a teenager, I gathered a false belief to myself that my Christian friends would be my forever friends. Surely, since we both loved Jesus and followed Him, we would always be in each other's lives. No one would hurt the other -- because Jesus! It didn't take long for that theory of mine to be tested by reality. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , The Seven Deadly Friendships: How to Heal When Painful Relationships Eat Away at Your Joy