"We recognize, then, that only as we are within the fellowship can we be alone, and only he that is alone can live in the fellowship. Only in the fellowship do we learn to be rightly alone and only in aloneness do we learn to live rightly in the fellowship."
-Pg 77-78 "Life Together" Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sometimes all of the change and transition and waiting catches up to me.
I felt that way yesterday. I was off and others realized. My answer to the question "Are you o.k?" was an affirmative yes, but a silent "I think so" hung in the air, a second question to myself.
And I was just fine. I just needed to be quieter than normal, more reflective, more present than chatty. And my community let me do that.
They let me curl up on the couch after worship and watch them play video games and listen to the conversation.
I needed that solitude within fellowship. To be surrounded but to not say a word. To rest and to be restored. To practice what it means to find solitude while surrounded by people.
I am grateful, that on my last day of classes as an undergraduate, the Lord has brought me to this place.
Beloved, listen to me,
don't believe all that you see
and don't you ever let anyone
tell you that there's anything that you need,
but me.
-Beloved, Derek Webb
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