Building

1 Thessalonians 5:11

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

The word for build is edify, which means literally to build or repair a building.  Carries with it the idea of promoting growth in a believers life in their walk with Christ and their character.

Building things can be both fun and hard work at the same time.  I have had the privilege of helping to build homes for families in Honduras and watch as those building are completed the joy and excitement that it brings to each families life.  
However in building each home like all homes it started with the foundation and worked up from there till you completed the roof.  The process was not easy, actually some of the most difficult work I have ever done.  The building itself did not look all that appealing during the process either.  By the time we finished the project it was amazing to see and even more amazing to see it being used for its intended purpose.
Building each other up in our walk with Christ is very much the same.  Its a process that can both be fun and hard work at the same time.  A believers life does not always look pretty or even what it is supposed to look like but the end product is amazing.  We are all supposed to help with the process of building each other up so that we might be able to accomplish the call God has given each one of us.