For those of us who have experienced grief the first inclination is to be alone. We often will want to hang a do not disturb sign on our front door to keep people away so we can stew in our sorrows. While it may seem like the right thing to do at the time the reality is it really isn't the right thing, nor is it a healthy thing. As humans we were meant to be with people. We were wired to be socially involved with people in this world.
If you get a chance read through the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. You will see that God did not bring salvation to the world by himself. He chose 12 disciples who all came from different walks of life. These 12 could not have been so different, but by calling these men to follow him he was illustrating what he wanted fellowship to look like. These 12 men ate together, prayed together, sang together, and they went out sharing the message of Christ together. Their lives had been so radically changed that they new the message of this new hope had to be shared with the lost in this world.
Even in those times people struggled with grief and loss that sent them into periods of solitude and isolation and when the message of hope was presented to them with a vision of what fellowship should look like it was almost like a light bulb went off in their head.
True fellowship consists of joining others at church where we can share our burdens so we can pray for one another. True fellowship is the beginning of healing from our pain. Our Lord made the Sabbath for a reason which was to a time where we set our own agenda down so we can reflect on what the Lord has done in our lives. It is giving back to God in not only our finances, but in listening to one another's burdens so we may pray with them and for them.
Just think how vibrant God's church might be if all of us were in a thriving relationship with His son Jesus Christ?
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