I was home sick today, missing worship with my brothers and sisters. It's just a bad cold, I think, with a sore throat to boot. I'm miserable, to say the least.
For the last few years my dad wrote these short...encouragment? articles? I'm not sure what you'd call them, but he'd write them on a postcard and mail them to people in the area and we were also on the mailing list. He called them 'To The Point'. My dad was a great writer and I'm so glad I have some of these to read and 'hear' him again. Anyway, before I tangent too badly, I came across this one the other day and I thought it was very encouraging to me. It rang home with me today when I wasn't able to worship with my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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My Number Two Reason
Agree or disagree? "It's Better To Be Alone Than To Be In Bad Company."
I saw that on a church sign once, and it struck me as true. It stuck with me, too.
Evil companions corrupt good morals [1 Corinthians 15:33], but what does this verse imply about the power of good companions? The answer can only be that good friends strengthen, encourage, and empower us to be better than we have been and to strive to reach out for our potential.
Some folks don't seem to need others to strengthen, to encourage, and to empower them. Me, I'm not one of them. And I suspect many who say they don't need to connect with others need it as much as anyone.
When it's time to leave for church, strange voices sometimes whisper to me deep inside telling me to stay. We don't need it, they say, we don't want it.
The number one reason I continue to come to church is to participate in Eternal Truth. My number two reason is to find people I can count on not to let me forget my number one reason.
--Steve Bobbitt--
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