Right now, I sell phones…never thought I would be doing that
after the World Race…but that is where the Lord has me for a season…it is very
interesting…I am learning a lot…mostly about myself and my heart…
I am also picking up a new lingo…I talk about things I never
talked about before…a lot…(ask my wife…she could probably do my job now because
of how much I talk about it.)
So at work…we have this language that we understand…phone
language…it makes perfect sense to us…it is kind of amazing how it developed…we
all came from different places but we have formed a common way of expressing
things…if you heard us, it would probably not make any sense to you…because we
have seen things and come to understand them in a similar way…
Naturally, this always happens when you are hanging out with
the same group of people a lot…
I noticed the same thing coming home from the World Race…a
group of us from all over the states lived together for almost a year…we all
had different backgrounds and views…we all came together and we had to learn
how to communicate in a way that made sense to us…
So we did…and as the year went along…we began to use new
words and new expressions that we came across…and it all made perfect sense to
us…
So when coming home a lot of us were shocked when we would
talk to people…because we felt like no one understood us…partially because no
one saw what we saw…but also because of our terminology…the way we said things
didn’t make sense to so many people back home…
One of the most common words that was misunderstood when
coming home was the word COMMUNITY…
It seemed to have a negative reaction…one that often came with a strange look
and the question, “Are you in a cult or some kind of commune?”
This was a total shock to me because it was coming from
friends and family…normally the ones that understand most…
Now I understand their confusion…because I am realizing that
I don’t even know what it means…I have an idea in my head…but I can’t even put
it into words…
I have talked about it and discussed it…tried to put it into
action many different ways…both on the Race and now in Colorado Springs…and I
just don’t get it…
I am learning now that there is so much more to COMMUNITY
than I ever imagined…more than I have ever experienced…and something in me
desires to go deeper…to find true COMMUNITY…
But where do we even begin…
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