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it always amazes me how god is.
community:
1. Similarity or identity
2. Sharing, participation, and fellowship.
Fellowship:
1. A close association of friends
2. Friendship; comradeship.
we need eachother. we are all a part of so many different communities. some that mean something, some that don't. some that are placed in our lives for the sake of sanity and growth, some that probably create insanity. but the important kiind of summunity is that group of people who you cans how you everything too. the group and when you've got dirt on you, you can't continue a conversation without showing that community.
just in the fact that we were made in the image of god shows us the importaance of community, the neccisity of it in our lives. what is god: the trinity. three in one, existing both as three seperate beings and one god all at the same time.
we need that. and (given that we've all begun the life long jouney of establishing and breaking the community that is us and god) there is no way to survive without community.
we all want it, you know you do, like those times when you just want to tell someone something... you know, that "i'm gunna show you everything thats inside of me" feeling. but our technology based society as warped what we need. instead of taking that time to meet for lunch with out closest friends we find ourselves absorbed in myspace and live journal, aim and ichat, cell phones and text messages: the things that make that false sense of community thats strong enough to satisfy most of us for a night or two.
why then do we run to this easy community... because community is freaking hard. its hard to show someone our crap. it hurts, it means that we have to admit that its really real. it means we have to give up our cliques and ideas of who is and isn't good enough for us. it means we have to add another person into our "busy" daily routines that are usually full of so much fluff its not even funny.
but god wants that for us. it means we have to be honest with ourselves, we have to be quiet, we have to listen, we have to learn, we have to sit, we have to be calm, we have to share, we have to exist as one with others.
i'm tired of how much fake community is in my life, i want real, soul satisfying, daily community. the kind that changes lives. the kind that brings you closer to god every time you leave it. the kind that is god... three in one... perfect community.
i'm pulling the plug on myself. instead of finding myself online for and hour or two a day every day every week. i'm cutting it out. sure, i'll be around... but i can't remember the last time i got a life or death email, or livejournal comment, or myspace message...no need for me to be on every day. i'm gunna catch up with some people
that all for now.
lets go to coffee my loves! tell me whats going on in your lives
all my love
d.
community:
1. Similarity or identity
2. Sharing, participation, and fellowship.
Fellowship:
1. A close association of friends
2. Friendship; comradeship.
we need eachother. we are all a part of so many different communities. some that mean something, some that don't. some that are placed in our lives for the sake of sanity and growth, some that probably create insanity. but the important kiind of summunity is that group of people who you cans how you everything too. the group and when you've got dirt on you, you can't continue a conversation without showing that community.
just in the fact that we were made in the image of god shows us the importaance of community, the neccisity of it in our lives. what is god: the trinity. three in one, existing both as three seperate beings and one god all at the same time.
we need that. and (given that we've all begun the life long jouney of establishing and breaking the community that is us and god) there is no way to survive without community.
we all want it, you know you do, like those times when you just want to tell someone something... you know, that "i'm gunna show you everything thats inside of me" feeling. but our technology based society as warped what we need. instead of taking that time to meet for lunch with out closest friends we find ourselves absorbed in myspace and live journal, aim and ichat, cell phones and text messages: the things that make that false sense of community thats strong enough to satisfy most of us for a night or two.
why then do we run to this easy community... because community is freaking hard. its hard to show someone our crap. it hurts, it means that we have to admit that its really real. it means we have to give up our cliques and ideas of who is and isn't good enough for us. it means we have to add another person into our "busy" daily routines that are usually full of so much fluff its not even funny.
but god wants that for us. it means we have to be honest with ourselves, we have to be quiet, we have to listen, we have to learn, we have to sit, we have to be calm, we have to share, we have to exist as one with others.
i'm tired of how much fake community is in my life, i want real, soul satisfying, daily community. the kind that changes lives. the kind that brings you closer to god every time you leave it. the kind that is god... three in one... perfect community.
i'm pulling the plug on myself. instead of finding myself online for and hour or two a day every day every week. i'm cutting it out. sure, i'll be around... but i can't remember the last time i got a life or death email, or livejournal comment, or myspace message...no need for me to be on every day. i'm gunna catch up with some people
that all for now.
lets go to coffee my loves! tell me whats going on in your lives
all my love
d.