How does our soul experience community and what role does community play in our day to day? It often feels as though community comes and goes, perhaps in cycles, putting us in a position to yet again go out and seek new relationships. The cycle of community can become tiresome, frustrating, and challenging. What does it look like to root ourselves in a local community? What are the benefits of becoming vulnerable to those around us and diving deep to connect at a soul level?
Episode Notes:
Diverse community can pull you together, instead of divide.
We often are driven to those who are just like us, while not a bad thing, doesn't give us the opportunity to be challenged, to face disagreement, or to compromise in a communal setting.
Community is often broken up into two camps:
1. Those who we mutually pursue and deepen for longer than a season
2. Those who we develop a meaningful relationship with for just a season
It is ok to let relationships go.
It is ok to give yourself grace in pursuing community.
Recognize that your soul deeply needs local community.
When community breaks away or falls apart, continue to seek it, don't settle for subpair relationships that will only remain surface level, drive deep and look for those who will go with you.
Music - Shine by Kagen
