Tonight N and I had dinner with some friends from our church. We've known each other for a long time but have not spent a lot of time together socially (outside of the church walls, anyway). We had a really nice chat about our church, about life, about many things. I was reminded about the sacred presence of Fellowship throughout the Bible. Jesus spent quite a bit of time in fellowship with his disciples and his followers. This often gets overlooked.
Our church is pretty good about offering fellowship opportunities, but it is not often enough that N and I reach out to people to spend time really getting to know them in a different setting. It is beneficial to everyone to have a new set of ears to listen to your opinions, to ask questions of someone who has a different point of view than you do, to share a thought with someone who truly wants to hear it. I am grateful that I have people in my life to fellowship with. And I am even more grateful that I am accepted, just as I am, no questions asked. I can be myself; I can be me. Opinionated, blunt, realist...caring, insightful, thoughtful. The not-so-good traits and the good traits all rolled into one. What bliss!
Spend some time in fellowship with someone new; you never know what blessings will blossom from the time you invest.
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