{"id":2958,"date":"2018-11-08T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2018-11-06T08:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T15:42:54","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=2958","title":{"rendered":"community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"img_0825\"<\/a>Susan probably worries a little about me as she enjoys our new granddaughter in Denver, but she knows I\u2019m not alone as our friend Sherill lives with us. For the past couple of weeks, our friend Jim has needed a place to stay so he is also a welcome guest.<\/p>\n

Sherill is an assistant women\u2019s basketball coach at a local university. She played at our school, starred at the University of Georgia, then played five years in the WNBA and four years overseas. Jim is off the streets and doing well. God used His children to help Jim get clean and attain a full time job as a custodian at an elementary school.<\/p>\n

The three of us make quite a diverse community. While I am sure we could find many differences to argue about, we tend rather to dwell on the things we have in common: Jesus, an enjoyment of sports, various struggles, and an appreciation for good food. Our dinner conversations are quite interesting.<\/p>\n

When I told them I would probably write something about our little family, both Sherill and Jim said I could write anything I wanted\u2026 they both trust me. Surely the test of a healthy Christian community is not whether you can spend two or three hours together each week in a church building\u2026 but whether you can truly love each other every day\u2026 despite your differences.<\/p>\n

Jim said, \u201cWe must live out what we say at church. If there is ever a need among us, we all need to pitch in and help.\u201d Sherill said, \u201cCoach Davis, with the season starting up, I\u2019m going to be tied up most Sundays. Do you think we can take time to get together and talk about God one evening during the week?\u201d<\/p>\n

My friends remind us of what is most important: \u2018Love the Lord\u2019 and \u2018Love one another.\u2019 When our communities keep these two priorities front and center, \u2018the kingdom of God is near.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus replied: \u2019Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\u2019 This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\u201d Matthew 22:37-40<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet in the temple courts. They broke bread together in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.\u201d Acts 2:44-45<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Susan probably worries a little about me as she enjoys our new granddaughter in Denver, but she knows I\u2019m not alone as our friend Sherill lives with us. For the past couple of weeks, our friend Jim has needed a place to stay so he is also a welcome guest. Sherill is an assistant women\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2963,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions\/2963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}