Hope Is Here

Hope Is Here

Life is hard sometimes and it is only made more difficult when we allow our stubborn pride to lead us. We were created for community. We were never meant to be loners. Society has lied to us and we have bought into that fabrication. We are told to keep to ourselves. We are taught from a young age to bottle things up and hide from the things that bother us. In some cases this is unintentional. We learn it from the behaviors of those that influence us the most. However, in the broad scope of the public eye, it is entrenched into the very fabric of our culture, etched into the veil of everyday life. The more that society encroaches on our privacy, the more we become reclusive. You would think this to be the opposite in light of the advancement of social media. Seemingly we have never been more connected with each other and the rest of the world. However, in general, our virtual existence has become for us the very tool we needed to hide from the real world. As honest as we may be in our online engagement, we are still seperated from that which God intended to be together. There is absolutely no substitute for the real deal. Gathering together for fellowship with each other and in worship and service to God is essential, more so I would say, than nearly anything else in our life. Hope is here because Jesus is here. 

Matthew 18:20