i've been thinking a lot about community. i am part of a great community right now. i pretty much have some of the most amazing friends and i feel just so incredibly blessed to think about them being a part of my life! but the thing is, when i walked in the door at flood over 5 (wow 5!) years ago, i didn't know any of these people. and i didn't have a group of friends that was coming with me to flood, heck once my only flood-convert friend moved i was completely solo, but i put myself out there, and i got to know people, and yeah, it took time, but i did it. and here i am, years later, and i have authentic community. and now, i'm moving. in fact, i am moving pretty dang far from these amazing people. but while i may not know where i'm going to live, or where i'm going to work, and i have no idea where i will find community, i know that i will find it. i have more peace about that then any of the other stuff. i think that's because i know myself well enough to know that i just can't function in a healthy way without good friends. if i learned one thing at flood (and let's be real, i learned a lot!) i learned that our relationship with God just doesn't grow the same way without community. and there are multiple reasons why that's true and how i've seen that evidenced in my life, but one thing's for sure, i'm pretty determined to find a community of more super awesome people who are my age and love God and want to live life together. i'm already praying for my new friends, these people whose lives will shape mine. and i have this feeling that community won't come easy, but maybe that will make me appreciate it more. and in some strange way, it makes me pretty dang excited about what lies ahead.
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