"It’s OK to Be Human"
"It’s OK to Be Human"
After the first couple months of living in community, many people fall apart. All of us have this skeleton in the closet, this bit of guilt, this big fear, this demon, whatever it might be, and in community we finally feel free to let it out. We finally feel free to yell and scream. To say, “I hate myself; I’m angry at God; I’m angry at the Church!” Or we might admit being restless in our marriage or other vows. Now that’s a messy way to live. If you’re looking for a comfortable, neat, proper way to live, don’t get involved in community. The great risk we have to take is the risk to be human, to realize it’s OK to be human. A healthy community allows us and protects us while we “fall apart”. We’ve been trained to follow scriptural advice to become “perfect” (Matthew 5:48). [This passage must be seen as the conclusion to Jesus’ teaching on the love of enemies, a seemingly impossible ideal.] So it’s very hard to love and accept ourselves when we are imperfect, messy, broken, angry, or sad. Sometimes it’s hard to accept one another. You know what I think God’s calling you to be? Simply a member of God’s family. That’s all. This is the training ground for heaven. Heaven is “forever-family” where God is father and mother, and we are brothers and sisters. God wants to know if you want family, and if you are willing to choose it now-and forever.
from The Spiritual Family and the Natural Family
After the first couple months of living in community, many people fall apart. All of us have this skeleton in the closet, this bit of guilt, this big fear, this demon, whatever it might be, and in community we finally feel free to let it out. We finally feel free to yell and scream. To say, “I hate myself; I’m angry at God; I’m angry at the Church!” Or we might admit being restless in our marriage or other vows. Now that’s a messy way to live. If you’re looking for a comfortable, neat, proper way to live, don’t get involved in community. The great risk we have to take is the risk to be human, to realize it’s OK to be human. A healthy community allows us and protects us while we “fall apart”. We’ve been trained to follow scriptural advice to become “perfect” (Matthew 5:48). [This passage must be seen as the conclusion to Jesus’ teaching on the love of enemies, a seemingly impossible ideal.] So it’s very hard to love and accept ourselves when we are imperfect, messy, broken, angry, or sad. Sometimes it’s hard to accept one another. You know what I think God’s calling you to be? Simply a member of God’s family. That’s all. This is the training ground for heaven. Heaven is “forever-family” where God is father and mother, and we are brothers and sisters. God wants to know if you want family, and if you are willing to choose it now-and forever.
from The Spiritual Family and the Natural Family
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