Community. \kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē\
This past year, the Lord has really opened my eyes to the value of being in community. He has informed me, taught me, stretched me, challenged me, and surrounded me with people. It's been good, yet overwhelming. I have come to this point where I have a very strong desire to live in community and also to live more simply (I'm not there). At one point this summer, I said to my best friend when sitting on a plane next me, that I just want to live in this house with people who deeply desire the same thing as I do and to live the same way as I do. She spoke some truth to me. Wouldn't life be great, if that was the case? But really- Christ calls us to live in community with people who aren't exactly like us and don't desire the same as us... Duh! That's why life is supposed to be uncomfortable and challenging because we were all made and wired so differently- BUT we were ALL made in the image of God- who is in community with Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Right now, ...