"How many people do you know who aren't a part of a church, company, or community because of the way they were treated? When we hurt each other, when we gossip about each other, when we fail to forgive each other, when we don't do the work of making peace with each other, we get severed from each other, cut off, divided."
Rob Bell, Sex God
The enemy wouldn't have it any other way - when we fail to forgive each other, we are cut off and divided from them. The enemy wants us to be not only cut off from others, but for us to be cut off from God as well. The sad thing is, churchs are not immune to these struggles either. In my limited experiences, I have seen people divided over things as silly as preaching styles and the music that we sing - how is that a healthy community, or a healthy relationship with others and with God?
One of the greatest things about community is the intimacy of it's people. But that intimacy can also be one of its greatest challenges. We must find a way to be totally open and brutally honest (lovingly) with one another, in such a way that is for our good and not for our destruction.
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i experienced a lot of forgiveness, and honesty recently. it can be very hurtful- buy in the end- forgiveness is always the way to go...
Speaking of community...we missed having you around during our By-Law fun and Sunday night gathering.
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