Simple life… great life…
If this is how I could live me life… wow that would be amazing. To live in a great community were everything loves each other so much and is constantly fighting for each other. A community that is full of encouragement and love, that gives life to each other. Also, who are full of creativity and are constantly creating something new with God… pouring who they are into their art… making it them. A place of such peace and rest in the Lord, a place full of wisdom. A place where you can enjoy the earth God created…working in the land and learning through gardening and giving life to something GREAT. I am so blessed to be able to experience such lifestyle… a lifestyle I believe God created us for. Where the community that we are in is our church… where we are all there for each other…and its not just about me, but all of us. Where the grandparents impart wisdom to the young and the young listen. Where all generations work together to accomplish the will of God. Its simple, but hard. I pray that there would be more communities like this raising up… this is what we long for, all of us. If we really think of it we all long for a community that is free, safe, full of life and creativity. Where we are living and learning from each other. This is church. I pray that “Churches” would come back to this reality… that you don’t have to be someone on sunday that you are not… but that you can come as you are with your pain and with your joy and know that you will be entering into a safe place that you can express where ever you are at. Where no matter where you are at you would feel welcomed and at home. A place that you can be vulnerable and know that you are safe to do so, cause we are all dealing with something. We are human, so why can’t we fight and go through it together, instead of trying to do it all on your own. This is what I long for, and I believe God longs for too… so, I pray that we would work together to have this again. To have COMMUNITY that is our CHURCH.
My thought of the week.
ohhh community and the arts and jesus! hopefully we will talk soon
alyssa said this on June 6, 2009 at 6:17 pm |