If anyone could have heard what I was listening to at the gym this morning they would have given me some strange looks. For years I have wanted to go back and re-read Bunyan's classic Pilgrim's Progress, but I haven't been able to find the time. So I finally downloaded it to my Blackberry figuring that I might as well make the most out of my time on the treadmill. For those of you who have never read the book, it's written like a dream where the main character Christian (his name) is on a journey from this world to the next. Along the way he meets all kinds of different people, both godly and ungodly.
During my workout this morning Christian ran into a man called Faithful. For a while they journeyed together, then Christian decided that he would rather run ahead. It didn't take long before Christian stumbled and fell. Eventually Faithful caught up to Christian and they continued their journey together.
As I was about to pass out on the treadmill I remembered all the days in seminary when my friend was there running right next to me encouraging me to keep going.
Listening to the story of Christian and Faithful and remembering the many Faithful(s) that God has put into my life, I was reminded that we were not meant to make this journey alone.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 "9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up."
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