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A person standing alone can be
attacked and defeated, but two men
can stand back-to-back and conquer.
(Ecclesiastes 4:12 NLT)
A faithful friend is a strong defense;
and he that hath found him hath
found a treasure. -Louisa May Alcott.
The strength of the huddle.
When I asked a friend what he missed
most about pro football, I was
surprised by his answer.
He said it was
getting into the huddle. You felt safe
there, he said. It was where you could
get direction, support, and correction. It was where you could regroup for
the next phase of the battle, knowing
10 other guys were there to help you
win.
He said the huddle was a real refuge
during away-games in hostile
stadiums, when, besides the team,
they were fighting a negative
environment. It was a place where
they could return to for encouragement to keep going.
Every man needs a safe place to get
what he needs to enter into life's
conflict. If a man's going to survive—
no, win—the battles of life, he must
have a huddle of good men around
him to cheer him on and bandage his wounds.
He needs men who will
celebrate with him in the good times
and do whatever it takes to bring help
and healing in the bad times. Rodney L. Cooper in Shoulder to Shoulder The writer of Ecclesiastes paints a
depressing picture of a man who
strives to gain the whole world alone,
then asks himself, "Who am I working
for?
Why am I giving up so much
pleasure now?"
The writer concludes, "It is all so meaningless and
depressing" (Ecclesiastes 4:8). How
much better it is to go through life with
a strong network of support.
When
you share your trials and triumphs
with others, you soon realize that you're not alone. And somehow,
when we stand together, life's
challenges don't seem so daunting
anymore.
Encouraging one there bro, God be with you.
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