Iron .Sharpens.Iron

I recently received an e-mail from Glory of Zion entitled, Listen.Alert.Watch. It was talking about the times that we are in and the necessity that it is that we keep our spiritual eyes and ears open, be alert and watch (and move when we need to). It is no revelation to anyone (I hope, anyway) that we are in a very critical and crucial time in this nation. We each need to possess the wisdom, discernment and have a spirit of Isachaar to know the times/seasons we are in and then what we need to do about that. We ALL need to listen, be alert and watch. I also would like to exhort each of you to take heed of this Scripture:
"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." ~~~Proverbs 27:17 (NASB)
Can we also ascertain from this Scripture that if iron sharpens iron, that iron can also become dull, if not sharpened, or even that there could be some things out there that actually dull us (the iron that we are)???
We just had incredible services at our church this past weekend with Bishop Jerry and Dr. Sherrill Piscopo. That was definitely a time of iron sharpening iron. Other "iron sharpens iron" times are the fellowship times when we spend with each other, times we go to church, home groups or Bible Study, Sunday School, even relationships (especially Paul/Timothy ones) we have with others.
But some of those things that we must be vigilant about that could "dull" us, and make us uneffective, less effective, or even indifferent might be: addictions/dependencies, TV shows and TV time, even computer/internet; pornography, time-wasters, people that we hang around that are not good for our character, etc., and anything else that keeps us from worshipping God, spending more time with Him, etc.
Let us be soooooo careful to be in "iron sharpens iron" places in our lives, so we be ready in season and out of season.
GO GOD!

God's love & mine,
Lauren

P.S. ~ Clay's mom (Melba) and our nephew (Patrick) are currently on the last leg of their journey home after spending a few days with our daughter, Ambs. up in Washington DC. We are praying for their traveling mercies. Also, pray for Ambs, she didn't get the score on her LSAT (test to get into law school) that she wanted, and will be studying to take it again the first part of December. Pray she does well, and more importantly, that God give her peace. Thanks!