Sunday Ponderings ~ One Anothering

It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with other Christians. 

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

This is the third Sunday that we weren't able to attend worship service with our church family, and we surely are feeling the void. While we can certainly worship God here at home away from our church-family and listen to the pastor's message online, I was reminded of reasons why we normally do gather together each week.

Besides the blessing of corporate worship, there's also the aspect of one-anothering that being together provides. When I received an email this afternoon from a church-family friend, my mind went to some of the one-anotherings that she was blessing us with. There are others that came to mind as well. I'm so thankful for a church family that "one-anothers."

We couldn't be a part of this aspect of our faith-life if we didn't go to the gatherings and participate. I do hope you have a church family that you meet with each week and are part of these one-anotherings. I know that there are groups of Christians around the world whose meeting together is a dangerous undertaking. They truly understand the need, perhaps more so than those of us who have the freedom each week to openly go and linger as we like.

Love one another

Pray for one another 

Encourage one another

Bear one another's burdens

Speaking to one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs

Build one another up

Confess your trespasses to one another

Be kindly affectioned one toward another

Serve one another 

Bearing with one another, forgiving one another

Let us consider one another, in order to stir up love and good work

Be hospitable to one another

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, 
but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Hebrews 10:25