The Dangers of Empty Fellowship
If you were to ask my family what I was like as a child, no doubt the answer would be shocking. Can you believe that I was very shy? I didn't talk much around people. I'm not sure if it was because I was afraid to talk or just had so little to say. I can tell you that is not the case now. As the only black nursing student in my college in Texas, I had to come out of my shell. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to share with prestigious leaders both corporately and in the religious arenas. Although there have been many conversations, I have not entered into them just for the sake of talking. Sometimes we talk just to hear our own voice, but other times we speak because we are expected to do so. When we enter into fellowship with God, we must strive to avoid empty fellowship. What do I mean by that? Simply, going through the motions. With the pressures of life pulling at us from every direction, it doesn't take much for us to operate on autopilot. We go to churc