Love The Brotherhood
Civilians like me are probably aware of one characteristic of our Special Operations Forces more than any other. It has been well heralded in books, movies and news stories that in Special Operations, you never leave your brother behind. I have written about this before... It is just such an amazing and heroic stand to take. This code and commitment does not apply only to those that are living and have been captured. Even the fallen, those already dead, will not be left behind. I have read the words of members of SOF, saying it is the knowledge that no matter what happens to them, their brothers will come to get them and they will not be left in the hands of the enemy that allows them to do what they do over and over again. What would Christian community be like if we all started every single day with the confidence that no matter what happens to us, no matter how we fall, our brothers will not leave us? What could we do if you knew that our sisters would storm the very gates of hell to get us back from the jaws of our enemy?
There is a song that I like, a Christian song, and the words go like this:
If you see me on the way down
Would you smile and send me on my way?
If you see me headed down
Is there something more between you and I?
I feel like this song has been written from an agonizing dose of Christian experience. How many wounded people have walked the halls of church, oozing with clues of their brokenness, and all they've received from their brothers and sisters is the standard, superficial church greeting? I'm guilty, for sure. A few bars later in the song come the words:
I want to
Be real again...
I want You
Father, be real in me
And then, the next section has become my prayer - this is the kind of brother that I want to be:
If I see you on the way down
I'll lift your name up into His care
If I see you headed down
I'll do what I can to lift you up again
Along these lines, my wife has an absolutely inspiring post on her website today. This is what being a brother (or sister) is all about!
Scott Bane
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In these past weeks the Lord has been impressing upon me, this very thing. I need to be more connected and aware of my brothers and sisters in the family of Christ. I am thankful that you are one of my brothers in Christ, and I will aspire to be the kind of sister who helps you up when you need it.
In that regard, I apologize for my 'comment' that you did not need to hear this morning. Please, only think of the lemonade!