Title Day. 19 Cultivating Community
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I have experienced many different types of communities since I was born, but I find one thing in common. That is, no matter what the motive of the community is, no matter how big or small, it always makes me hard in that community and there is always at least one person I don't like! Wherever people gather, there are bound to be parts that don't fit together. No matter how much a group of people who believe in God, there are definitely people who are difficult to get along with.
It's funny, but someone said this.
"If you do not believe in God, you are forgiven, but if you do not believe in God, you are not.
I don't fully agree, but it makes sense. Believing in God and being saved is by the grace of God, but personality cannot be easily changed even after believing in God because it is the environment and habits that a person has lived in for decades.
As he believes in God and walks with God, his bad personality and habits will change, but I think the help of the community he belongs to is absolutely necessary. Because God is omnipotent, he can completely convince a person and completely change his personality and all circumstances in an instant, but God doesn't seem to use such a method very well (of course, he calls workers that way when exceptionally necessary). But..) He left us a chance to get to know ourselves and make an effort to change. And it seems that the community has taken on that role.
It takes a lot of time and effort for a person to enter a community and deep fellowship. The book says that if there are often visible members in the community, it is necessary to have a heart to acknowledge and accept that there may be different and wrong habits among those who believe in God even if they love God, but to be able to rebuke wrongdoing. . It's not because you hate that person, but if you really love that person, you have to be honest and be able to point out what's wrong.
It's really lacking for me. Due to my personality, which has been very conscious of other people, I am not good at making hateful or bitter words toward others. After spending two years in the military, I have overcome this part a little bit, but I am still very weak in the part where I can gently rebuke other members.
As the saying goes, 'Yangyak Gogu', sometimes we can say things like bitter medicine to each other, and we should pray for a relationship where we can accept it humbly.