Good Fridays

The Lord has blessed my family with another new family for home meeting. We have been visiting them every Friday. This family has been a blessing to my children as well. In fact, my children had prayed for new friends, and as an answer, the Lord blessed a new family with two children who can bond with my children in a friendly way. Our visit on Fridays is also a break time for my children to meet new friends and play with them as long as we, their parents, are enjoying the home meetings in pursuing the truth, fellowshipping, and praying. 

There is no better way to spend time with a new family than spending time together in the Lord in shepherding them. This new family had been shepherded by some saints many years ago. For some reason, it could not continue, and there had been a break for a couple of years. Only recently, when I was introduced to the family, the Lord burdened me to shepherd them. In fact, in their shepherding, I am also being shepherded.

Generally, I do not take my wife along for home meetings as she is very busy with the children's education and other household chores. But this time with this new family, she wanted to come along which I felt very good. Besides, my children were also very excited to come along as they found new friends to play with. Though never excepted, this new family is the only family I have been shepherding together with my whole family; with my wife and my children. Therefore, this Friday meeting makes Friday a good Friday.

The family has become more and more open, and the fellowship in their home became sweeter by the week. Last Friday, we were compelled to stay back for dinner and also for more intimate and personal time of fellowship. The father of the family opened up on some of his personal matters. The only way I could respond to his opening up is simply by being a good listener. I dared not counsel him in any of his matter as of now. My burden is simply to feed them with the healthy word of God week by week and allow the word of God to do its work in due time. 

May the Lord work through His word and fully gain him and his whole family for His testimony in Gurugram. Praise the Lord for this good Fridays!