people...

so, life has been pretty busy with the new house and all.

i thought, this morning while driving to work, how i will be ready for the house to be done so we can actually have some more interaction and "hang-out time" with our friends. it reminded me of that verse in the Bible warning us against foregoing meeting together, but rather to meet and encourage one another... and how iron sharpens iron.

it's much easier to run a race when you've got a partner beside you. it's much harder to do things alone, but when you've got someone to help keep you encouraged when you're down... things don't seem to be quite as bad.

i think it's important, even for married couples, to meet with other guys/gals to sharpen each other... what one couple is learning in their marriage might be that very thing that sparks another couple to dig in to the Word even more...

or what one person is learning in his or her personal walk might just be that bit of encouragement another person needs to continue taking those small steps of faith.

we complain about people quite often, but we really need each other... i think our complaints are centered around the fact that we put people on a high pedestal and when they don't live up to our expectations, we can't believe how they've failed us.

but when we view people as people... see our need for community.... and see how GOD alone is who can provide the "meaning" our soul so desperately thirsts for... then we are able to experience life in the way that, i think, God intended for it to be.

'earthly life' is not easy, but God promises that this life is full of joy and blessings when we are focused on Him and do things "HIS" way...

we need the encouragement and support that other people can provide to us... but when they let us down, we have to realize that.. they're people... just like us. it's God who holds us all together.