TODAY’S LESSON: SEPARATION ANXIETY
NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING
OF OURSELVES TOGETHER,
AS THE MANNER OF SOME IS;
BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER:
AND SO MUCH THE MORE,
AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
HEBREWS 10:25
HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN SOMETHING APART
AND THEN PUT IT BACK TOGETHER
ONLY TO FIND THAT YOU HAD FORGOTTEN
1 OR MORE OF THE PARTS.
THERE’S YOUR SEPARATION ANXIETY.
EVERY PART HAS A JOB TO DO
AND WHEN 1 OR MORE OF THE PARTS IS MISSING
THE ITEM, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WON’T WORK.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE A LOT LIKE THAT.
LET’S TAKE MARRIAGE FOR EXAMPLE:
WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER,
LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER.
MATTHEW 19:6b
THERE IS A SEASON OF WEDDED BLISS
AND THEN PERHAPS A SEPARATION.
AS INDIVIDUALS EACH ONE HAS
HIS/HER OWN GOOD QUALITIES,
BUT THEY LACK SOMETHING.
THAT SOMETHING IS THE ABILITY TO SHARE.
GOOD, BAD, IT DOESN’T MATTER
AS THE SAYING GOES
“TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN 1”
I GUESS IT’S KIND OF LIKE
A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH.
BOTH THE PEANUT BUTTER AND THE JELLY
TASTE GOOD BY THEMSELVES,
BUT THEY TASTE SO MUCH BETTER TOGETHER.
FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED
TOGETHER IN MY NAME,
THERE I AM IN THE MIDST OF THEM.
MATTHEW 18:20
NOW HERE’S A RELATIONSHIP
THAT I’VE REALLY COME TO APPRECIATE.
IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU FIND SOMEONE
WHO FEELS THE WAY YOU FEEL
AND IS WILLING TO STAND WITH YOU.
THE BIBLE SAYS
“A FRIEND LOVETH AT ALL TIMES,
AND A BROTHER IS BORN FOR ADVERSITY.
PROVERBS 17:17
SOMETIMES I THINK I HAVE
MORE BROTHERS OUT THERE THAN FRIENDS.
THIS YEAR HAS COME AND GONE SO QUICKLY.
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 2010
IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY
THAT I STARTED THIS BIBLE STUDY.
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2008
I SENT OUT MY FIRST LESSON
NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WOULD LEAD TO.
NOW, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER
I HAVE 12+ ONLINE RECIPIENTS,
AN AWESOME WEBSITE,
AND AN EMAIL ACCOUNT
EXCLUSIVELY FOR J.C.’S KIDS.
GOD HAS REALLY BEEN GOOD TO ME.
SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING GOD USE YOU
AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR!
