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.
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV)
We are an extremely independent society. Our historical roots, our dog-eat-dog economics, our always-need-to-compare-myself mindest, drives us to want to "do it myself." (Add to that Baptistic Autonomy, and you've got a strong independence.) But we do need one another. God made us that way; it's been so from the beginning. We are more productive and more well protected together. So let's stop kidding ourselves and see what we can do to strengthen the ties that bind us together, especially those bonds of love found in Christ.
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