ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER

It’s funny that we can think of ourselves as unbreakable until one day life proves us wrong. That is the day we may realize how much we need the Lord; and how much we need each other.

You probably know the Illustration about taking a single string and seeing how easily it breaks. If you weave more strings together they become nearly unbreakable. What if those strings were woven around a steel rod?

I think of that as a picture of the church. Each one of us is a very breakable thread. We need the strengthening relationships that come when we are bound together and woven around Christ.

Are you a part of the only fabric that will endure the stress of this life? I don’t need to tell you that this world can put you through many hardships, tears and trials; but it can’t break you when your strength is in the Lord.

We need the Church in our life. There have been so many times that we have been discouraged, afraid and worried; but then a dear saint’s encouragement became like Jesus’ words, “Peace, be still!” It is in Christian fellowship that our tired arms and weak knees are given strength to keep on.

There are many local churches that are struggling today because it’s too easy to not attend. Your church needs you, and you need your church. Do not allow your need for the Church to fray, or unravel. The hymn prays, “Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together with love.”