Pursue Quality Relationships; with God and Others

   Do you like to do things on your own or with others?  How you answer the question gives insight to the kind of personality you have.  Some friends I have love to do everything they can with others and still experience a lot totally on their own.  For me, I can prefer to do a lot by myself. It is how we are made.  No matter how we are put together, involving people in our lives is vital.

   King Solomon expressed this in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.  “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.  For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!  Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him — a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

   Doing life together offers protection to you.  A good friend should hold you accountable, to a higher standard.  It is much easier to slide or get off-track when you are all by yourself because you often do not realize you are getting off course.  It is like owning a watch or having the time on your phone.  

   If your timing instrument does not have any other time instrument to compare itself to, your timing instrument could be just a little bit slower or faster and over tim ...

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