Tuesday 21 December 2010

Community

During the agape meal this evening we were speaking about our longings for change in the world. Someone said that they wanted to see justice, everyone treated the same. Obviously that is not going to happen but it caused me to think about community. That is the nearest you are going to get, in my opinion, where all share all. It doesn't matter if some are more capable or more intelligent, more creative or more practical. Where noone is striving to be the best, all gifts are for everyone.

Another thing that happened  during the eveningwas that an elderly brother who has a bit of memory loss, proclaimed as he does most weeks that for the first time in ages he has felt that he is in the presence of God. I have found this pretty annoying in the past but have recently realised that he does not remember and I can't blame him for that and have no right to be annoyed. What he has got is a continual joy as he experiences God's life "for the first time". It's always new, literally - how blessed is that!

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