We cannot fulfill each other. What brings me happiness is not the people I’m going to be around this month or next month. When Jesus lived on earth He lived with men who most certainly did not understand Him. They questioned who He was, what He was doing and they even questioned His resurrection.
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and place my hand onto his side, I will never believe” John 20:25
Thomas saw the prophecies of the Old Testament being fulfilled right in front of his eyes. He witnessed the miracles and was taught by Jesus himself for three years and yet he still couldn’t believe that He had risen from the grave just like He said He would.
Do you think Jesus’ disciples “got him”?
You know sometimes you think you just need to be around someone who “gets you”. Let me tell you something. No one understands you better than the one who created you. He understands you more than you understand yourself. Living in community has given me the opportunity to push into Him like never before. I am around the same 6 people 24/7 this month. We don’t go anywhere by ourselves for safety reasons and our apartment is about the size of a closet. (I’m exaggerating a bit but seriously. I can’t walk to the other side of the room without stepping on 4 other girls.) So how am I supposed to genuinely love these people when we’re constantly stepping on each other? What if all 6 of them aren’t my best friends? What if they just don’t “get me” sometimes?
The only way I can truly love them is though Jesus. It’s always about Jesus. We always say that He is our everything, He is our God, our savior, our husband, our Father, our friend… but is He really? Do we really communicate with Him in a way that would prove that He is what we say He is?
When we learn to do that, that’s when we can become an outflow of His love wherever we are and whoever we’re with. Thank the Lord that He loves us so much that He continues to sanctify us even when it hurts.
Lord I pray that you would continue to provide circumstances in my life that would lead me to die more to myself so that I can be filled with more of you. I pray this in faith, knowing that you are the only one who fulfills and that you are my only sense of true joy and peace. Everything else will fade away but you Lord are constant and my hope comes from knowing my end inheritance, where I will spend eternity submerged in your perfect and most righteous glory, forever worshipping your name.
Our bedroom for the month – 5 girls total for 3 weeks than 7 girls for the last week.
Our beautiful moldy wall
A nice close up of the mold
It made us a little crazy at times…
