Community

As many of you know, I love to take pictures - of nature, people, etc. So it was strange for me to realize today that more than just the act of taking pictures, I love the people. (It sounds kind of weird when I phrase it like this. But my point is that I realized taking pictures of people that I know is a lot easier for me than just taking pictures of strangers.) In the last year, I have had more opportunities to attend events solely as a photographer rather than being part of it. To be honest, it can get really boring without anyone to talk to. To my next point, I believe that God created people to live in communities. While studying Ephesians 4, I learned the importance of unity within the body of Christ as well as in the context of marriage. In preparing for writing the youth group message, I listened to the message from the Breakaway Ministry YDJ based this semester on. One thing that stuck out to me the most was that in a community, we need each other. God created us to be different, but he also created all of us in his own image (btw did you know university is a combination of the words unity and diversity - diversity in unity). Therefore we may not "click" with every single person at church, but we are to "bear with one another in love." In a community, there are people in various stages and ages in life - some are wiser, some are stronger, etc. Yet no matter what age we are - whether 20 or 60, as long as we are on earth, we are still spiritually growing. We are to work together, learn from one other, encourage one another, and rebuke when necessary. But most importantly, we are to point each other to Jesus.

Here are some cute pictures from last Sunday. (: