Faithbase

Hey Facebook friends and family, blessings to you today. Hey, I just want to give a challenge today. If you think that you can thrive and flourish without deep intimate relationships with other believers, I just want to tell you that I care about you, but you are wrong. I say that with love, wanting what's best for you, but I'm calling your bluff. And I've believed that lie before too. I remember when I was living in Costa Rica, in the middle of the night, 2 and 3 in the morning, raccoons would come and they would open my trash can, which is actually hard to do. My kids couldn't even do it when they're little, and they would knock the trash can over and make a huge mess everywhere. And I'd run out and I'd be yelling at them, they'd run away. Well one time, around 2 30 in the morning, I was so mad I was afraid they were gonna break the glass because the glass window was beside the trash can. And I ran out there and had a little Louisville Slugger baseball bat. And I'm not condoning injuring animals, but I was so frustrated and I wanted to try to get these stinkers to stop terrorizing us. And as I pulled the Louisville Slugger back and I was ready, right, cocked and loaded, he stood up on his back legs, stuck his arms out, and he hissed at me. And I'll be honest, there are two of them. So I actually turned and ran away in fear. He called my bluff. And I'm not proud. I yelled at him as I ran away with fear. But there were two of them, and I was afraid one would bite me after I whacked one of them. I didn't really want to whack one anyways. But I say that I'm calling your bluff. If you really think that you can thrive and flourish on your own spiritually, we need each other. We need connection. There's this beautiful word in Greek, koinonia. Maybe you've heard it before. It's more than just friendship. It's a deep connecting. It's a desiring the well-being of one another, sharing what we have. I encourage you, make friendship a priority. Pursue friendship, even if it takes a while for your friend to reciprocate the pursuit. But care for them enough to say hard things, to point them to the Lord, to encourage them. Blessings to you today. Would your friendships flourish? Would there be life given to you? Have a great day.