community

so today i was asked to state the biggest things that hit me when it came to community. i thought for a second, it didn't take long because community has changed my life. this is what i came up with for the two things that hit me most:
1) everyone has crap in their lives. it doesn't matter how big or small it really is because to them it sucks. this helped me realize that we are all kind of equal. no one is perfect and no ones life is perfect. we all struggle, though our struggles might not be the same they are all changing us, growing us, and bringing us to our knees. i was thinking about this tonight at the remedy welcome freshman bbq. i was looking at everyone, watching them worship, watching them come to God with their problems because we all suck. i was thinking about how life would be so much better if we were always little becase when we are little our biggest problem is what color we need for our coloring book. then i realized, i'm glad i'm not little anymore. if i were little i wouldn't be the person i am now, wouldn't have the friends i have now, i wouldn't love God like i do now. see, some people might look at their problems and hate every minute of it but i see who i have become through them and what God has done for me through them and i am thankful for my problems.
2)if you open up to people, they will open up to you. this is a big part to building community. if you don't trust people with things that go on in your life how do you expect them to trust you? if you don't have trust how do you have community? and isn't our goal to have community? this made me think about my best friend, what would our friendship be like if we couldn't tell each other things. what if we never opened up to each other, well for one thing we wouldn't be what we are now. then i was thinking, what if i hadn't opened up to laura or steve or delani or anyone. i would be one screwed up person. we aren't meant to keep things bottled in. God gives us people to share community with and to go to when things seem to tough. God is a good God. he gives us the opportunity to have community, so don't waist it.