Together We Stand, Divided We Fall

They say a family that prays together, stays together
And one that walks apart, falls apart
So together we stand, divided we fall
United we form Volton and take on all (Let's move!)
-Juelz Santana

And that's how the body of Christ should be! We strive to work together in unity, we edifty one another, and we watch out for one another. When one part of the body gets screwed up, the other parts will help 'em up 'til they ready to roll again. But if we run solo, who's gonna tell us that we the ones that are screwed up?

This is what me and my housemates have been striving for lately. Willing to put out a real effort to build each other up, setting time aside once a week to talk 'bout our lives with God, really being honest and telling each other how we feel they may be screwing up or how they can improve in their life. Sounds homo right?....A bunch of guys setting time aside to talk about feelings? But naw, get the hell outta here! If you think so, you got it twisted. We're becoming stronger and better people with each other's support and criticism, and I can see the change in our lives already. This 'aint any different than any sports team, businesses, or anything that needs the "body" framework to be successful. Only difference is, it's real talk about life with God. The only thing that really matters.

I've learnt a lot from just taking the time to talk to my house. Although I'm doing things outta love, it may not be the most efficient way of doing things. I was really blessed to hear about an outside perspective of me. Now that I know, I can tweak what I'm doing, ultimately to be a better and more efficient me. One of the things that was brought to my attention was that I may come off too strong with my views, that often I come off as someone who doesn't care what other people think. This is not true in my opinion, but if it seems so to others, what difference does it make about what I think. Right?

I think I come off strong because I look up to people that do the same thing. I've learnt and grown so much from listening to people that talk with authority, and because it worked so well for me, it would only make sense that I apply this winning strategy to try to help others right? We're also talking about the Word of God here, The Truth!! I don't feel something this powerful was meant to be whispered into people's ears. I think about all the people that have sugar coated God's Word before delivering it to me, and it really didn't do me any good. Actually made me worse off and stupid. I don't think God wants us to tell people what they want to hear and omit all the painful truths. I'm sorry if I come off as stubborn and aggressive, but this is just my best "impression" of the people that helped grow me up.

I guess the lesson is that I should be a bit more considerate of where people are coming from, but at the same time I don't wanna be one of them pansies that have bullshit dripping off their lips. I try to follow God the best I can, and although I may not be very effective, I'm sure He's pleased with what I'm doing. Through these weekly gatherings at my house, I feel I'm really getting built up. God has once again leveled me up as a Christian. My sword of the Spirit is getting crazy sharp, and my helmet of salvation is shinier than ever. With the way things are looking, the sword's gonna be Cloud Strife size when the year is through. All praise to God!!....