Times like these can be a bit hard.  Times not like these can be a bit hard.  We all go through good times and bad times and sometimes it feels like we’re going through them alone.  Of course, we could spend time talking about how we’re not alone, and we would be right.  But that’s not my point right now.  Today’s point is to make sure we let each other know we aren’t alone.

I Thessalonians 3:6-7 “But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.”

Paul was going through a lot and it wasn’t always sunshine and roses.  He was beaten, robbed, threatened, shipwrecked, imprisoned, et cetera (not to minimize any of it).  But when Timothy came to Paul, he brought the good news of their faith and love along with the encouragement of knowing his brothers and sisters remembered him and missed seeing him.  Knowing his Christian family cared for him and remembered him fondly he was comforted.

Hardly anything beats having our brothers, sisters, friends, or family around to help us when things aren’t good.  But even when we are hundreds of miles apart, we can still remind each other that we are thinking of each other and longing to be together. 

Make sure to let each other know, however we can, that we “remember each other kindly and long to see each other”. It really means more than we know to people who need it.  Let ‘em know.