All In This Together

 

And let us consider

how to stir up one another

   to love and good works,

not neglecting to meet together,

as is the habit of some,

but encouraging one another,

and all the more as you see

    the Day drawing near.

             Hebrews 10. 24-25

The phrase one another

   appears 100 times 

   in the New Testament

     because it is so important. 

It underlines the profound 

       significance of fellowship

for our spiritual, relational,

emotional, physical and mental

    well being and growth.

Church is not just yet 

  another thing to do,

but a vital part of loving God

  and loving each other.

When we encourage someone,

it strengthens us too and forms

  a deeper kind of community.

Let us appears 13 times 

        in the book of Hebrews.

We are all in this together.

O LORD,

Help us to not just see 

      our need for each other,

but to do something about it

   even today

in ways both big and small.

Getting together with Your people

   is not just a weekly routine,

but a way of worshipping You,

and You change us through it.

Stir up our love for each other,

and as it says in my cookbook,

         rigorously.