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Getting Along
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 7, 2023 (message contributor)
I read this account from Readers Digest: To save money, I suggested to one of my grown sons that we all live together in one house. I could tell he didn’t think it would be cost-effective when he asked, Who’s going to pay the therapist?
That is something to think about. We love our families, but if we spend too much time together in close quarters, it can be hard to get along. The same is true with our church family. Often the pastor is that therapist.
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