Community and our need for it is a bigger than we think.
The idea of community so permeates the Scriptures that Jesus even sent two disciples to go fetch a donkey. Really?
Luke 19.29-30 – When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Was this simply because they could not do so alone? Hardly. These men were fishermen, surely they could get a donkey alone. No, the simple truth taught here is that Jesus knows we are in need of community, even in the mundane of life. Maybe I am looking at this and overthinking it, or maybe I am not. I think there is something there, something simple yet profound.
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You don’t realize how much you need community with others until you haven’t had it for awhile. Ask any shut in and they will say you are not over thinking this. We have our own personal walk with the Lord but unless we can share that with others it’s a very lonely walk.
Thank you Lord for those who walk with us.