God has placed you here on this earth for a purpose, and part of that purpose is to contribute your gifts, your personality, your talents, and your life to community. You are needed and you are necessary.
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You’re here in this generation for a reason. Ask God to show you that reason, and to fill your life with his purposes. Ask him to lead you to strong, healthy, life-transforming community. And when you find it, you’ll find you have reason to live.
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Community is not just being under one roof at the same time. It’s sharing in one another’s joys and sufferings. It’s bearing one another’s burdens.
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We were created for community. And we’ll be lost until we find it.
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To choose love over hatred requires change. It means letting go of our hurt and fear in favor of the higher calling. Generations to come will reap the harvest of our choices, for good or for evil. Hate breeds hate; love breeds love. Love, though met with hatred, will ultimately prevail. What will your legacy be?
Source: Two Fires
at first glance he’s just a beggar…
a blur in the background
of my immutable schedule
an unwelcome disruption
to my carefully laid plans
his greedy hands reaching out
for my hard-earned wealth
unworthy
of my well-deserved luxuries
unequal to the value
of my precious time
but when i take a closer look,
i see a mirror reflection
helpless eyes that could be mine
if hope had escaped my grasp
desperate hands that would reach out
if opportunity had eluded me
hardships i would bear
if fate had dealt me another hand
he is no beggar
he is a reminder of what can be lost
he is a messenger
of what has been forgotten
he is a friend
inviting me to find my humanity
Source: More than a Neighbor
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how would i know
what you were thinking
if i never stopped to ask?
how would I know
that you were hoping
today would be your last?
how would i have seen
the darkness in your life
if i didn’t try to look
more deeply in your eyes?
and how would i have heard
the cry behind your smile
if i didn’t choose to wait
and listen for awhile?
yet now i feel your pain
and now i share your tears
i hold the heavy weight
of the burden that you bear
i’ve tasted of your sorrows
i’ve walked inside your shoes
i’ve finally had a glimpse
of what it’s like to be you
all you needed was some comfort–
to know you’re not alone
if i never stopped to listen
how would i have known?
Source: More than a Neighbor
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