Around here we write for five minutes on Friday--unedited, unvarnished. Here is today's edition:
Community.
The state of communing together.
The situation of living in a sharing environment.
So, community is not a what, but a who. A community is a group of sharing people. But to share, they each have to have something their fellows need. What do I have that others need?
I have information--lots of it. I'm a veritable fountain, morass, bottomless pit of information, some of which is actually useful outside of game night or Jeopardy.
I have strategies. After a lifetime, I've devised and adapted strategies for surviving every day in a fast-paced world. I could share those.
I have musical talents. They're more gifts than talents since I haven't officially worked with a coach in years. I do share them, though, and the members of my community seem to enjoy them.
I have . . . what else? I would have thought by this time I would have some wisdom, but, so far, I only feel like I have strategies. So, what is wisdom?
The Bible says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10 KJV)
Perhaps that's where community starts: communing together in the Lord, and, together, growing in wisdom.
Community.
The state of communing together.
The situation of living in a sharing environment.
So, community is not a what, but a who. A community is a group of sharing people. But to share, they each have to have something their fellows need. What do I have that others need?
I have information--lots of it. I'm a veritable fountain, morass, bottomless pit of information, some of which is actually useful outside of game night or Jeopardy.
I have strategies. After a lifetime, I've devised and adapted strategies for surviving every day in a fast-paced world. I could share those.
I have musical talents. They're more gifts than talents since I haven't officially worked with a coach in years. I do share them, though, and the members of my community seem to enjoy them.
I have . . . what else? I would have thought by this time I would have some wisdom, but, so far, I only feel like I have strategies. So, what is wisdom?
The Bible says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10 KJV)
Perhaps that's where community starts: communing together in the Lord, and, together, growing in wisdom.
I stink at communing, Lord, but I'm working on it.
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