Sharing the Journey

Last night in a meeting I attended, someone mentioned the need for an emergency disaster plan.  As I thought about times when disaster has hit our home, our marriage, our health, or our family I remembered what we did.  The first step, aside from getting to a place of safety if needed, was to call our closest friends.  We would then ask them for help or sometimes just talk through the situation with them.

We are blessed to have people in our life that we know we can call in the middle of the night if needed. Some of those friends are close by and others live further away, but when disaster strikes they are the first ones we turn to for help.

This reminded me of the importance of sharing life with others.  If we didn’t have these friends in our lives what would we do when trouble strikes? Who or what would we turn to for comfort?

The people we know we can rely on when we need help are friends we have committed to sharing life together with over the years either through small group events, frequent phone calls or emails or even just keeping in touch despite the geographical distance.   My closest friends have at some time or another in our past been in a small group with us.  Some more recently than others, but those bonds were established and built over months and even years of growing our friendships.  We know that we wouldn’t have weathered through years of struggle without a strong community of friends walking the journey of life with us.

When disaster strikes in your life who can you call? Are there people in your life you can depend on no matter what time it is or how far away they are? If not, what can you do to build relationships that will grow into lifelong support for you and your family?

We’ll be starting a community group that meets in our home in a few weeks. If you are local we’d love to have you join us.  We believe community groups allow people to build relationships that transform lives.  We’ve been blessed by the benefit of having friends in our lives that support us and we’d love to share that gift with you!