What is alone?

for 30 years, the only real consistent message has been this...that as time rolls, people roll with it. each of us is disposable to a degree. as we walk through our lives, most of the people we walk with will vanish. some will vanish for cause, some for lack of cause. and what we're left with are hazy visions of those whose footsteps mark our lives. some of those steps we reflect on with fondness and some with sting. some of our life's escorts we misplace, and some we fling away with regret.

but truly in the end, our sanity, our joy, our punishment, our freedom and our worth are left in our hands. our journey, albeit decorated with the lives of others is left to us. even God willingly leaves us to our own choice. we can walk with him or without him. what a dangerous thing to have so much power; the power to heal or destroy, grow or dig up.

its a great mystery that God would allow us such power. its an even greater mystery that God would set our hearts for life in community. this community that serves to deal us such deep sorrow, and the only place in which truest healing, joy and freedom can be found. its a mystery that God would have us commune with each other, and leave in our hands the great responsibility of stewarding over each others hearts. in our weakness, we fail. in our fear, we don't forgive. only in community can we find love, compassion, grace; but only in community to we find the risk to lose them all.

it seems in my journey, only when i'm alone does God reveal me; but only in community does God reveal Himself.

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