From the mouth of a child... (chapter 1)
Tonight while laying next to my daughter as I tucked her into bed, I told her about some friends who are moving elsewhere. She doesn't know them real well, and yet... she got tears in her eyes as I told her.
Here's what struck me... she was saddened immediately. A small part, and yet somehow a signficant part, of her life is going to change. She cares. There is something about community that kids get... as in they get it.
As we grow up we become individulistic consumers who are concerned about our well being, and we too often lose sight of community. The world becomes about me and my problems instead about us and our problems.
And I'm afraid that the most tragic part of losing this sense of community is that we lose corporate identity (the meaning of real church), and we lose the corporate wisdom that goes along with being God's people together.
... just a few thoughts...
1 comment:
As I watch my two kids grow up, I am increasingly convinced that kids get kingdom stuff better than american adults.
~ They are still dependent upon others, and they KNOW it, and they ACCEPT it as their reality.
~ Their idea of being CONNECTED with others runs deeper than us adults.
~ I WELCOME further discussion of this issue! We could probably learn much.
thanks!
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