The Gathering...

was reminded at church this week how important it is to
keep meeting up with Christians

Hebrews 10: 24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching

that's my favourite verse on gathering as a body of Christ...
on reflection i do agree that the people you meet up regularly
with can have a strong impact on the way one lives his/her
life. I thank God that for someone as impressionable as
myself, He's always blessed me with godly and upright
friends no matter where i've been.

And it helps to to be able to sit down and spend time
encouraging and being encouraged to trust God and grow
in faith. When we're down that's the most important thing to
hear! Walking this straight and narrow path on one's own is
really really not advisable... too often we fall pray to the
deceitfulness of one's own heart and the pride that does not
acknowledge our own shortcomings.

Praise God for His daily mercies and provision for us and a
love that transcends all human understanding!