The Easy Way

   In the post yesterday, the discussion challenged the readers to open their lives to others, as they grow TOGETHER in community in the Faith and Belief in Jesus Christ. Saying that is a great and important, even necessary element to growing in community, so tonight I would like to go a little deeper into what to do with this information.
   Have you ever continued to do something wrong and your mother told you, "You gonna have to learn the hard way I see."? It usually happened in a situation like such. You play around with the stove when your mother is cooking. She tells you to back up, or youre gonna get burned by the boiling water. But you think it looks cool so you continue to play. What happens next? You get burned, of course! And for all of that to be avoided, all that you had to do was listen.
   The point is, when lives are shared to us and those around us have endured the same things that we are currently enduring, the challenge is not just to hear, but to LISTEN, LEARN and RESPOND from eachother so that maybe we will not have to learn the hard way!