I wonder if Christian circles/communities are the "worst"? How do you fit into a group that may be "tight" and have been together for awhile? Christians get so wrapped up in their things....families, family activities, serving...maybe they forget about others who crave community? I feel like if I were to venture out and find worldly friends it'd be a whole lot easier.
I'm back. So many thoughts run through my head today. Perhaps its hormones...I think I've hit the perimenopausal stage...and at that certain time of the month my goodness it seems fierce. Let me start with one thing that's been weighing heavy on me. Community. What is community? How do we build it? Are we part of community? I'm talking like a deep and relational community. I think of the book of Acts. Or even back in college. I was part of an amazing Christian community in college. We did life together. Lived together (some of us). Ate together. Hung out all. the. time. while still passing classes. Sure maybe we didn't have families to care for and demands of a job or "real" adult, but we still had demands. We also still made our friendships a priority. We built that community. And while its been many many years since those college days, I reflect on those and know those are some of the best friends God has ever blessed me with. I know that if we were to ...
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