This past Sunday was an unusually busy day. It was one of those days where you can barely catch a breath given all the activity. After an entire day at Crosspoint I got home in just enough time to eat dinner and get ready for our home group to arrive. About 99% of me just wanted to call our home group gathering off. I was exhausted. I felt I had nothing to give.
What made matters worse is that everyone else was in the same boat when they arrived. Everyone was exhausted. No one had anything to give. The elephant in the room was that no one wanted to be there. I felt awful. And yet I also had this feeling in my gut that we needed to push through this. We needed to engage with one another and God's word despite the unstated group consensus. So we did. And it proved to be one of the best group gatherings we had shared together. People opened up about what was going on in life. We learned more about one another. We learned more about walking in the Way of Jesus. God's word challenged and convicted each of us. We prayed for one another. We encouraged one another. By the time everything was over my energy level had completely changed. My attitude had totally changed. And it wasn't just me. It was the same for the entire group. We had an entirely new group consensus.
We would have never had experienced that breakthrough had we called off our group gathering. And that leads me to another important affirmation about community. It requires perseverance.
Community + Perseverance = Communiverance
Community is not always convenient. Doing life together can be exhausting. But even in those exhausting moments, you can discover life by sharing life together in the Way of Jesus.
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