![]() ![]() When you join you’ll get FREE access to all 7 video study sessions with Jennie, plus these freebies. It’s hard work but it’s going to be so worth it! I long for that sense of community and am working to develop it in my new hometown and church. Jesus sat with His people around a fire, and - even if ours is a metaphorical one - we can do the same. Romans 12:18įriends, are you ready to go on this journey together? I’ll be writing weekly updates throughout the study about my own path to friendships and sharing how I’m trying to put these learnings into practice – and that may include building a few fire pits!īring the fire back. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Part of this study will include diving in the issue of inevitable disappointment, pain, and friction within friendship and Christian community and learning how to incorporate that, in a holy way that glorifies God and shows the world that we’re His kids by putting His love into practice. Scripturally, we’ll study the Five Tastes of Heaven - Five things characterized the healthy, balanced vision of community in Eden (Genesis 1):Īnd speaking of that, there will be conflict in this broken life! There’s no escaping the fact that this isn’t Heaven yet and we’re not perfect. In Find Your People, we will study the Lord’s original intent for community and we’ll learn to tear down the walls of pain and injury that keep us apart, focusing individually and collectively on Jesus. And until we come to Him as our Father and Friend, we will keep looking to people to fill what only God can. I burned out a very dear friend during a season of crisis and even though we worked it out, that lovely dearness and nearness has never quite been recovered… and I get it! I’ve also been on the flip-side and had people I truly love become too much of a drain, too demanding or needy. ~ JennieĪnd, yet, our greatest need is for God! We have a Jesus-shaped hole in our souls and if it’s not filled with the Holy Spirit and relationship with the triune God, we’ll put undue pressure on people to do and be what only He can do and be for us. Knowing and being known, needing and being needed, is God’s plan for us. It’s a risk, yes, but it’s one of the most satisfying things about being human. We are meant to be a tapestry, not a single thread. It’s built into us to want to be loved and to love, to be helped and to help others, to be taught and to teach others, and on and on. It's not good to be alone because we were created for relationship. Solitude is a good thing and regular seclusion is so special in a close walk with Jesus, but loneliness is entirely different. But, relationships are hard and once we get hurt, whether intentionally or unintentionally, we pull back and safe-guard our hearts, right? And from a protective distance, loneliness sets in. God said so in the Garden (Genesis 2:18) and it’s still true today.
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