Geese...

A team from Circle of Friends joined the wonderful ladies at Brooklyn Reform Church for an amazing time of refreshment and worship this weekend. Jocelyn Hamsher is a great Bible teacher and I'm always blessed to hear her speak. I've heard her use this illustration before, but it struck me once again this weekend.

Have you ever wondered why geese fly in formation? They are working together - the lead goose breaks the wind for the other geese, and when he gets tired he drops back and someone else takes over.

Thanks again, Joc - This is such a great word picture for the body of Christ and how we should care for one another! She pointed out that if one of the geese is hurt or sick and drops to the ground, two geese go with it and stay until it recovers.

This spoke to many of us this weekend - thinking about the times we have struggled through trials and the friends that dropped down beside us and helped us through it.

All that honking you hear? It's to encourage each other on! They travel great distances and would never make it without each other.

We can't make it without each other either. Are you flying in formation, in a group that will encourage you when you get weary, and let you take the lead and help when you are fit and strong? Or are you flying solo?

I am so thankful today for all the 'geese' God has brought into my life through Circle of Friends - I'm praying today that you have found your own flock of friends and that you are honking each other on through this perilous journey we're on.

All for Him,

Missy