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Greetings all. I trust folks are doing well. I am blogging from Montreat, North Carolina where I am on a three week blended vacation and moderator travel trip.
Yeah . . . we'll see how that goes ;-)
In any case, I was thinking this week, as I scrambled to get some things done before I left, that I have a hard time asking for help . . . and I am pretty sure I am not alone.
In our culture of independence and self sufficiency, asking for help has got to be one of the most difficult things to do today. Sure, we have friends, family and church community, but for some reason when it really gets down to it, we too often try to handle all of life's burdens on our own.
Dear Body of Christ, "Cut it out!"
Churches throughout scripture remind us that at the core of our being and living as the Body of Christ, we are to care for one another as well as the stranger. Sure, sometimes this may turn into ONLY caring for ourselves, but too often I think we sometimes forget HOW to care for ourselves at all.
Now as I said, I am not one to talk. As much as anyone, I like to do things on my own, muscle through struggle and plant the flag at the top of the accomplishment mountain as much as the next person, but that is not what we are to be about. Sure, we each follow God in our lives, but sometimes - more than we would like to admit - we can and shouldn't try to take everything on ourselves. When we do, we will fail and in the process may do more damage than good.
So . . . as put together as we may sometimes want to seem at MBCC, sometimes we need to ask for help: help with the physical, the emotional and the spiritual parts of our life.
So, if you need some help. Please ask. Your community will respond. That's a big ol' reason we are here.
Have a great week!
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