Two Are Better Than One

9 Two are better than one, becasue they have a good return for their work: 10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! 11  Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 12 Through one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Seth and I have been meeting every night at 1700 for dinner for the last twenty days or so.  Seth now is leaving in eight days and I in about three weeks and becasue we are both going through ups and downs we figured that it would be best if we met everday and spoke into each others lives. 9 Two are betrter than one, because they have good return for their work.

With our meetings we are able to support each other.  When one is down the other has been there for them.  When we are both on then we have had wonderful conversations of faith that lift both our Spirits even further.  There are even times when at our table there will be other Christian Brothers that join us and thus add to the numbers in the work.

 10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! This was the basis of our meeting, the nightly fellowship.  We were falling down, having struggles but we did what we needed to do, we reached out and leaned on one another.  I do pity the man who either has nobody to lean on or is unwilling to lean on another for support.  Pride, satans stumbling blocks, fear, lack of or miss guided faith all keep him from going to another.  He falls and has no other to help him up, he looks but noone is near.

I can also lean on Catherine, more so than any other.  What God has brought together let no man take apart.  We are one and together we are strong.  11  Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?  We togather can defeat any circumstance that we find ourselves in.  Together we can join and be one body made of two hearts, two minds, one Spirit.  This is the natural way that God created in the beginning, the one thing that satan sought destroy, and still seeks to destroy because of its strength.

12 Through one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.  In all of these situations when we come together with the Spirit of God that is within all that believe we become the three strand cord.  We are stronger than one, even stronger then two, because we become three.  We are meant to join either physically or Spiritually with others, we are meant to walk as one body undr one mind.  If we walk alone we die alone. 

God is part of what we are who we are as Christians.  He wants fellowship with Him he wants us to be all joined, connnected and willing to reach out to one another in all things.  He is faithful to us when we are fiathful to Him. 

Be always willing to lean, to express, to join with your Brothers and Sisters.  In this each barrier becomes easier to cross, each circumstance smaller, simpler. 

Lord Jesus, give us all strength and let that strength to be a gift to those around us.  May we all have others that are close so we are not alone.  May we eliminate our pride and give openly, respond graciously to those in need.  Amen.