In the past three days we have received four phone calls from families in crisis situations. The privilege we are afforded of being that support for people in times of great need is one of the things I love best.
In a society that stresses independence, we often lose sight of our own inadequacy to deal with life. We deny that we need the strength of Christ, the grace of God, the support of a community and the shoulder of a friend. We are supposed to be proud, strong, self sufficient, and well acquainted with our own boot straps. But I don't believe those things (at least I try not to).
I believe that nothing good comes from my own strength, but is provided for by the grace of our Creator. I believe God has worked for his purposes in history through communities and families. When God had made Adam, something was "not good", could it be that Adam needed someone else? Of course we know that to be the case.
Satan desires to isolate us in our loneliness and sin. He wants us to think we are alone. But God will not leave us, we are not alone, and we do not have to overcome our sin, our struggle, our pain, or the affects of others' on us, alone. Nothing has seized us except what is common to man. So let us help each other in our struggles together.
Just some thoughts. I love being part of the body of Christ on earth.
Elaine
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