Let Brotherly Love Continue: An Example

I have been bugged about the concept of brotherly love.

This week, however, those issues subsided as I got caught up in the fuss of celebrating ten years of the New Doctor Who. As I considered the show’s return to television, I was reminded of the circumstances in which I got to watch the first episode when it came on the screens in 2005.

It was not a good time in my life personally and relationally. I was on the brink of messing everything up in my life. When I at my worst my brother allowed me to stay at his house for a few days. My brother is not a flashy guy who makes a big deal of much. He’s one of the most humble people I know. To take me in at that time was a big deal, it was a significant gesture knowing that he had his own responsibilities and challenges to look after. The bed was available, the food was available, he went out of his way to make me feel comfortable and valuable without ever making it seem like it was putting him out, even though I knew it did.

One of the highlights of the time was watching that first episode with him and getting to talk about it together. Before long he had helped me get enthused again and get things in their proper perspective. It’s great having shared interests, but when that is attached to an undeterred commitment to his older brother and he can say words of discipline and encouragement. He won’t make a fuss over it, he will remember watching that first episode only because we have watched it one or two times since then. It’s no understatement to say that he saved my life when he showed such brotherly love. Despite so much changing in the decade, the relationship remains one of the most important in my life.

There is a great example of what it means to let brotherly love continue.

For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden