Today’s Thought “Strength In Numbers” G. Ward

 

 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.  Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? ¹² And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.” Ecclesiastes. 4:9-12

 

How many of us have begun an exercise regimen to fail? Moreover, have you noticed that everyone’s regimen must begin the following Monday? We hear others exclaim the thousands of dollars they’ve spent on great cardio equipment. Argumentatively, I’ve discovered that if it takes great equipment, then there’s inevitably more to dust…

Although I exercise Monday through Friday unilateral of a partner, those at the gym I attend count on my presence each day. If I neglect my running regimen for the elliptical, many approach me asking about my well-being; so there exists a climate of interdependent accountability.

John Donne (1572-1631), was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. He wrote some prolific words concerning the interdependence intended for man. "All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

Your many troubles kept private remains experientially perpetuated due to having been scorned in times past. This activity should not preclude an ability to trust again (cf. Jas. 5:16). On the island all alone? How’s that working for you?

Happy Wednesday!