The Need for Community

Why can't a man be happy just being alone? Why do we always want to do or have something to keep us busy or entertain?

The answer is because we weren't made (or hardwired) to be alone. In the past few months and days I have been discovering more and more the need for people to be together. In a crisis people come together for help because we need each other. According to Genesis in the bible it is why God created Eve. (Genesis 2:18).

It is funny how in an age with technology that can reach across the globe, and the popularity of social networks like facebook or myspace, and yet we still don't know our neighbors or reach out to the people we see or pass by everyday. We love to be in our little groups, and even then are we being really real with those people or are we putting on an act.

I know for me, it isn't easy stepping out and branching out into a new community group, but maybe that is what I should be doing. We love to talk about the lasted new thing in fashion, music, sports, movies, and televisions, but we are scared to talk about the stuff that truly matters in life. Why are we as people so afraid? What do we have to fear? Yet I still run to my shell and hide, because it is easy to hide, but hard to be vulnerable to people.

What if people (if christians) could be come a people that shared who they are instead of trying to pretend to be perfect. What if we became honest and true to who we are. What if we were real, do you think we could change the world?

Maybe I am just a radical thinker, but maybe this world needs some radical thinking. But it can't be done if just one does it, but it can start from just one.