isolated

Sometimes I feel so isolated on this journey. Alone. Afraid. Overly anxious.

I'm about finished with Walter Wanergin's book Paul - A Novel. Wow! There was great isolation and loneliness among those early folks. Maybe that's why they were so good at creating community when they were together. Well, and because they had a mission from God they shared in common. Well...and because they were so persecuted by those who disagreed with them.

So many of us see the "struggle" as solely our own. Somehow those early folks saw how they shared a common struggle. Possibly it was the Spirit of Christ that really enabled them to be community. And guess what? That same spirit is here today. In fact just yesterday a group of us were talking about it. Around the communion table. We were saying that we saw Jesus Christ among us as we were sharing that meal. I can't fully explain it, but I have read where other's have had the same experience. Wow!

Both by necessity and by the power of vision coming to us from God from the future, we are not our own. We are not alone. We are not afraid. We are a community, by God!