Ephesians 6:21-24

Ephesians 6:21-24
English Standard Version (ESV)

  It's so easy to lose touch.  It happens slowly with some people, quickly with others -- we get caught up in something, in our work or our families, or sometimes just the cult of busy-ness that seems to infect us all, and we lose touch.  We stop calling.  We stop writing.  Pretty soon, we just stop thinking about someone, and we are so caught up with whatever is going on, before long weeks and months pass.  It happens all the time.
  It's hard work to sustain a relationship -- it requires commitment and sacrifice.  It requires endurance and love.  It requires setting time aside for the other.  We do this for our friends, just as we do for God - we set aside time for those that matter to us.
  So may we be in prayer for others, and may we encourage one another with our news, as we relate what God is doing in our lives and listen with grace as others tell us the news of their lives.  May we love as we are in relationship, and may those ties bind us closer, that we may be encouragement to one another.