I have been encouraged, motivated, and blessed by shared time with a few brothers these days. What I find remarkable is that the fellowship has not necessarily been times of explicit sharing of struggles and exhorting one another to these specific points. In fact, one time would easily be labeled “secular,” far from the category of “christian fellowship,” as we often define it. Yet, the fact remains that christian brothers communed together, and our spirits…well, my spirit, was encouraged and blessed by the time, even without explicit “christian talk”!! Isn’t that something?!? Perhaps it is because during these times our perspective, though not verbally stated, was firmly rooted in a world where Christ is Lord, thus everything we as christian brothers think, say, and do comes into alignment with this reality. It is the paradigm through which we must think, speak, and act! Okay, I digress. My intent is simply to praise the Father who allows me to be encouraged by times when I was not thinking I would be encouraged in a “christian” way…and to praise Him for the christian brothers (and biological) who I am blessed to be surrounded by!
Today begins a new semester of fellowshipping with the saints as we strive to learn to think christianly about God through the study the Word…may it be only and fully to His glory!
