Christian Living

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There is an old Swedish motto that we often can see hanging on the doors of many houses: “Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” The secret of survival of humanity is not simply enjoying life’s joys and enduring its sorrows, but it is in sharing both with others.

We gain perspective by having somebody at our side. We gain objectivity when we are with others. We gain courage in situations threatening us. Having others near us tempers our dogmatism and softens our intolerance. We gain another opinion. We gain what today, in our technical world, is called “input”

Our experience has taught us that it is better not to work or live one’s life all alone. It is better not to minister all alone. It is better to have someone alongside us in the battle. For that reason, I still remember during my days when was in the Marines, I was taught that if the command ‘dig in’ was issued, we should dig a hole large enough for two persons.

“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor” (Ecclesiastes 4: 9)

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