Community vs. Isolation

Community is something dear to my heart. Ever since I discovered it a little more than a year ago, its opened up my eyes to how much I need it, and how much the world needs it too!

    I've been mostly isolated a large part of my early life; I was the anti-social weirdo, and I could count all my friends on my hand.Community I didn't ever really understand, I had a few friends that could kind of connect with me, and I didn't really want to mess with anyone else. I was also scared; being around a lot of people is scary, and opening up yourself to people is scary.

But community is a catalyst for change! People need community, and not our highly selective communities that we form today, but real gritty community. Being part of a group where you can't "click offline". Being influenced by people and growing, bonding together as a group. And my favorite type of community? Yea, Jesus community!

Jesus community is very much needed; you get plugged into a sincere community hungry for Jesus and you'll not only grow socially, but spiritually. I got plugged into a community a year ago at a university. And it changed me, totally changed my outlook; ruined me for community. That's what Jesus community will do for you; it wrecked me to the point where I want to build communities where ever I go. I want people, especially the people who are not cool, who are isolated, I want them to get plugged in. Jesus community is INSPIRING! I can't tell you enough how passionate I am for community, and I don't know where its going to take me in this world; the roads still bumpy, but its going to be beautiful.

And my last thought is, you know not all Jesus community is perfect, that's life. But ALL sincere Jesus community is inspiring. And it can be a beautiful thing to pour yourself into it; to greet people and talk to them, to get to know them, to encourage them, to build and uplift them mentally and spiritually. To push them towards Jesus...that's what communities about! And in all that, we learn, we change, we grow, we bond, we love...we live LIFE.