Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. 1 Thes 5:11.

Remember the Tom Hanks movie Castaway? It’s about a FedEx executive who’s plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean as he’s on his way to some remote part of the world.  His survives the crash. He’s miraculously washed ashore on to a deserted Pacific island where he spends five years in utter isolation—losing touch with his loved ones and forever changing the course of his life.

For many men, this sounds uncomfortably familiar. That’s because the lack of communication and connection among men has created, metaphorically speaking, a culture of spiritual castaways.

The number one dilemma facing Christian men today is isolation. Today, more than perhaps any other time in history, American men feel emotionally and relationally isolated. Sure, most have friends and lead busy lives. But as a general condition, men aren’t connected to one another in any deep and meaningful way. Yet every man feels, deep down, a longing to be known, loved, and valued as a friend by other men. Men want and need close friends, but our inability to be vulnerable with each other creates our isolation.” Men who wouldn’t think twice about risking in business or sports have enormous difficulty taking risks to expose what’s inside their souls.

That devotional is where my heart is.  I have seen the isolation that men are consumed in.  We do not open up to others easily, and as a result, not only does our ‘Walk with God’ suffer, our families suffer as well.  We as brothers in Christ need to be lifting each other up in prayer, and support, and encouragement. 

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