We're so accustomed to doing things on our own in our modern world. When we have problems, we take pride in figuring out an independent solution. We curate social media experiences so it fits our personalities and tastes. The world everywhere is filled with people with earbuds and headphones who often pay little attention to people around them. Our faces are all buried in our own phones. We miss so many people around us.
Paul is constantly reminding us that we don't serve Christ on our own. The church is comprised of individuals, but we are knit together through the work of the Holy Spirit to bear one collective witness. We rejoice with one another, pray with one another, serve with one another, listen to one another, love one another. Christ was focused on the community, and the gift of the Holy Spirit continues to remind us to focus on loving and serving one another.
Who can you reach out to today? Who can you contact to let them know they're not alone, to be reminded that you're not alone? How can you tighten the bonds of community, or form new ones? Every day, we can make that choice.
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