Synergy faith

Ahhhhh another great day to be alive......I can almost promise you that not all of my posts will find me in such high spirits...but for now I am so yay me! So we took the youth to the lake today and had a BLAST. Even having grown up around the water and having been there a hundred times before...I don;t think Ive ever seen lake martin so beautiful. Anyway the Lord used a 67%wedgie and a double "backflip" into nakedness to show me something. I was really hoping to kneeboard and wakeboard today but of course the kids mostly wanted to tube....it was kind of a battle getting over myself and the fun I wanted to have on the lake but by noon everything had settled itself in me and I realized its not about me its about the youth!!! So I get my chance to go tubing atleast and Jeremy and Lanning and Jake and some others and I get out on thewater. Well...I'm no stranger to the tube. I know how it works I know how to stay in as well as the next guy. However, when Jeremy and I were the 2 on the tubes...Steve put us through the watery version of Sheol. We started out rough and both of us took our falls. As the abyss called my name as I skimmed in the shape of polygons and cookie cutters heading straight for Davy Jones' locker I did what I knew to be instinct lean my weight back the opposite direction to keep myself upright right? Well when I thought more clearly I realized Jeremy was doing the same thing and leaning his weight toward me and my tube. When one of us would go through a wake wed get about 3 feet of air. However when both of us leaned in and our tubes met we got maybe 6 inches and were more firmly rooted together. HOW MUCH LIKE LIFE THIS IS! We are called to be in fellowship and learning with one another. Proverbs states that "As iron sharpens iron, one man must sharpen another." We are called into unity through Christ. There is a term called synergy that means that when things join together they become increasingly effective. For example if 2 people were to lift 100 pounds each and it was a strain...synergy says that if we join together the 2 people could easily lift MORE than 200 pounds together. We are more than twice as effective when we tackle the world together. The bible says where 2 or more are gathered in his name there shall he be also. That's why our theme for the summer is Unity at St.James. I encourage every one of you to sharpen one another lovingly. If I didn't have a group of coworkers and a pastor willing to call me out when I fell short...I wouldn't be effective in ministry. Let's be gathered in his name!!!!!
In the name of the father, son, and holy spirit...AMEN