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[lightman]

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September 1

Suffering Together

Bible in a Year:

• Psalms 135–136
• 1 Corinthians 12

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it.

1 Corinthians 12:26

In 2013, seventy-year-old James McConnell, a British Royal Marine veteran, died. McConnell had no family, and staff from his nursing home feared no one would attend his funeral. A man tapped to officiate McConnell’s memorial service posted a Facebook message: “In this day and age it is tragic enough that anyone has to leave this world with no one to mourn their passing, but this man was family. . . . If you can make it to the graveside . . . to pay your respects to a former brother in arms, then please try to be there.” Two hundred Royal Marines packed the pews!

These British compatriots exhibited a biblical truth: we’re tied to one another. “The body is not made up of one part, but of many,” Paul says (1 Corinthians 12:14). We’re not isolated. Just the opposite: we’re bound in Jesus. Scripture reveals organic interconnection: “If one member suffers, all the members suffer” (v. 26 nasb). As believers in Jesus, members of God’s new family, we move toward one another into the pain, into the sorrow, into those murky places where we would fear to go alone. But thankfully we do not go alone.

Perhaps the worst part of suffering is when we feel we’re drowning in the dark all by ourselves. God, however, creates a new community that suffers together. A new community where no one should be left in the dark.

By:  Winn Collier Reflect & Pray

When have you felt most alone? How does God’s grace, kindness, and friendship help you deal with loneliness?

Is it true, God? Have You really placed me in a new community that knows and loves me in my suffering? Help me to believe this. 

To learn more about suffering, visit ChristianUniversity.org/CA211.

[weps4ret]

I am a retired CWO4 Coastie! Semper Partas!

Gunner

[radu]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: United States Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut ~

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

The Coast Guard Academy is across the river from the Submarine Base which was last week’s Road Trip. ;-)

[mylife]

RIP Tonk and hat tip to my Coastie buddys.

[luvie]

Hi, Lauren! Thanks for a great road trip visit the Coast Guard in Connecticut! They are so hard-working and keep our waterways safe and secure! My son used to coordinate with them when he worked for the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center [RCC] at Langley AFB in Virginia. He had some wild stories to tell!

[RinaseaofDs]

CGA Academy Class of 1988.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[Deplorable American1776]

Beautiful campus, on the Thames River. My friends’ sons both went there.

[luvie]

Howdy doooooo Early Birds!
Aren't those Coasties the best?
I feel safer knowing they're out there!
How is everyone today?
It's a bit cooler here, so I'm happy!
Have a Terrific Tuesday!br>(((hugs)))