I've learned and observed a few things about isolation.
- it is hardly ever helpful
- it is not the same as solitude
- it makes us incredibly vulnerable
- it is the easy path initially, but the results are a thousand times harder than had we lived in community
- inside it, our perspectives become ridiculously skewed
- it is often the choice when there is pain or the need to be perfect
- it is the thing we want most when we're in pain
- it is the thing we need least when we're in pain
- it is the opposite of unity and fellowship
- it is a prideful tactic: thinking we can go it alone, when our original design demands we live in community
- it is disobedience (sin?) to how God called us to live
- it is incredibly hard to cultivate community: vulnerability and humility are requirements
- true community is like a warm fireplace in a big log cabin after a long day out in the cold
3 comments:
Well said, and utterly true on every point and particular....
I feel like Jess could stand to read this with her heart open and understand that we, her family, are an integral part of that community..
I feel like Jess could stand to read this with her heart open and understand that we, her family, are an integral part of that community..
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