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You Are Not Alone

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 9  Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. 10  For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up. 11  Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm? 12  And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken. This life, plain and simple is about relationships.  If at the end of the day your work, your pride, or anything else leaves you standing alone hurts you.  Accomplishment, success, money, or fame are things people seek after but if you achieve those things and along the way damage relationship after relationship you have failed miserably.  My Father was a simple man.  He worked hard all of his life, making very little money in the grocery stores of Hayti, Missouri.  Thinking back anything my mom and dad ever gave m