Together

I am linking up with The Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Fridays.

We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on Friday and write like we used to run when we were kids.

On Fridays we write with gusto, unselfconscious and flat out.

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Please visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments.

OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:

Together

Like a tightly woven garment

Like a metal alloy

We are put together in the strongest way

With a common bond to join us

That they cannot destroy

We are held together in the longest way

And we could not be pulled apart

Without it tearing out a heart

lyrics by Twila Paris *emphasis mine*

Together.

Its how a marriage is to remain. Its what family was created to be. Its how the Body of Christ is supposed to operate.

Togetherness requires humility, grace, mercy, dying to ones own wants and desires, admitting of wrongs, forgiveness.

To be together takes work. Hard work. Its not easy. Its not always fun.

When done correctly, togetherness bears much fruit. 

Marriages that are knit together in Christ show the world, in action, how we relate to/with Christ. Together families raise confident, validate, and secure children. A together Body of Christ doesn't let the lines of denomination or rites and rituals detract for operating in the unity of Christ.

When there has been true togetherness, followed by disunity, hearts break. Wounds are made. Scars are left. Deep, unmet longings are created.

Its in these deep and unmet longings where we can meet Christ in our own unique way. 

That wanting area inside you, that vacant uninhabited place... its a Christ-sized hole that only He can fill.

Our brokenness with each other if often times what leads us to a deeper togetherness with our Heavenly Father.