#348.1 – “It’s Weird Just Having Two”

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.” - 1 John 4:7-9
This past weekend, the girls went off to GA camp at Camp Helen. They were gone just overnight Friday into Saturday morning – but it felt like much longer than that to me. I suppose one reason why that was so is because it was just so much more quiet without them (and I don’t mean that as an attack on them… it’s just true), and quiet hours seem longer than noisy ones (to me, anyway).
Having someone else share time/life (and no, I’m not talking about the magazines!) with us makes such a difference. I suppose there is always the danger of taking them for granted. The fact is, before the girls left, I had not realized how much they help me stay active and have purpose and spend my day. But they do – even if we don’t always do a ton of things together, they give me a reason to work and do the things that I do. They are a crucial part of who I am.
In the same way we, as a part of the Body of Christ (even and especially in the local body of Christ, with whom we gather to worship and serve), are integral to each other’s spiritual lives. We help provide purpose and encouragement and love to each other. We need each other. God made us to be dependent upon each other, and He desires that we serve Him by serving each other. Anything less or else is just, well, weird.

Daniel