Community...

I have had a lot of opportunity over the last year and a half to learn about living life in community. I have shared meals and had fellowship with good friends here in the states. I have been welcomed into the homes of people across the ocean who speak a different language than I do, eat different foods and live in houses far different than my own. I have attended churches and worshiped with people across the US, Asia, Africa and Central America. I have prayed with people living in country's where their lives are at risk for being Christian. I have prayed with people not sure how they will feed their families and I have prayed for people who while helping street kids stumbled across a human trafficking ring and now their lives are being threatened. I have also been prayed for and I have seen many of those prayers come to be. I have shared a home with family, I have shared a home with friends and I have shared a home with strangers who quickly became family and friends. :-) I have been there for others in need and others have been there for me when I was in need. I have had times of rejoicing and I have had times of sadness but I have not been alone and never before have I felt a part of the world I live in as I do today. Living in community is hard work, but I have found it well worth the effort. :-)

Do you isolate yourself or are you part of a thriving community where you can share with others in life's pleasures and pain?