Five Minute Friday: Join

Around here, we write for 5 minutes on Fridays, unedited, unvarnished.

Join: a verb, usually referring to one person taking up with a group of people in a common endeavor. It also is a verb referring to the act of connecting two objects, like two pieces of wood. Those pieces of wood can be working side by side—in which case the join laminates the two, giving the joined pair the combined strength of both.

More delicate is the joining of wood at an angle. At minimum, something must hold the two together, like nails or glue, but, to be stronger, pieces of each must extend into the other, like interlocking fingers. The joint is stronger, but each retains its own identity.

Most delicate is the joining of wood at ends to make one continuous piece. It is possible just to abut the ends together and connect them with glue, but that is the weakest joint. That joint, to be strong, requires careful overlapping and even fusion of elements of both to be strong enough for the task. It is the joint that takes the most time, and requires the most of each.

And so it is with my walk with the Lord. I can walk alongside Him, or I can allow Him into specific places in my life while reserving others for myself, or I can surrender completely to Him.

Join me unto You, oh Lord, until I cannot tell where I end and you begin. Amen.

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