Let's Rebuild, with Strong, Solid Foundations
I haven’t written much lately because I’ve been leaning more into my faith throughout this difficult time; and I’ve been expanding on my community so that we can help one another; and so that we can come together, and strengthen one another. So, that we can spread love and light in a time where the world has turned upside down; where darkness has overwhelmed us all. I have leaned into my faith in God, and my faith in humanity; that, even in our own imperfect brokenness, we are still seeing each other step up and help others through this craziness.
I started a group on social media for Christians; because, as I’ve said, that is where my faith exists, and I invited all of those who I either knew or believed to be Christians. One such person, who I knew with absolute certainty, grew up in a Christian home, didn’t just not accept the invite to this group, but she unfriended me AND blocked me on social media, as a result. In any other circumstances, I would have been hurt or offended by this; we’ve known one another our entire lives so, how could she just walk away like that? But in this case, I realized that people don’t want to hear the truth right now.
They want to believe that everything is going to be okay and go back to normal, after all of this is said and done. Everything will be okay, eventually, but how could we go back to normal? And what is normal? A fast paced, selfish and self-serving society, that glorifies busy and doesn’t consider others? The deterioration of family and of community? The inability to sit still and be at peace in our stillness? A Godless and Faithless world? Do we really want to go back to that? If that’s normal, count me out.
Yesterday’s messages; throughout my community and fellowship, and in and on my own heart, were about Faith, truth and love. The message on my heart was; connections are being made where they didn’t otherwise exist, and some are being repaired. Families and homes are being rebuilt, and people are learning not to take them for granted any longer. Compassion and empathy has become more contagious than the virus, itself, and people are stepping up to the plate and helping one another through. Community is being reestablished and is being strengthened through the adversity. Faith is being reignited in people and their, ‘dry bones’ are being shaken up. Life is being put back into them; body, mind and spirit. Peace, love, hope and are being realized; through faith and through humanity’s response to this chaos and crisis.
My Pastor’s message was similar in nature and expanded on these messages, even further. He talked about building proper foundations; in the church and in society. And this resonated because I see this as a sort of reset for the world; blowing up and crumbling the old structures that we had, in order to make way for the new, solid foundations that we need to save humanity from itself. Foundations built on truth, faith and love. Foundations built on community and fellowship; people living in harmony with one another, and loving one another; versus living selfishly, and without pure love. Foundations built with truth, as it’s cornerstone, love as its frame and peace and hope within its walls. And, truth being shared; through love, by its inhabitants.
After yesterday's messages about; Faith, Truth and Love. And, especially Truth THROUGH Love. And, after this person blocked me for sending them a group invite to this group; because I thought that it might give her some peace throughout this time. To join this community in spreading light and love; amidst adversity, and chaos, I realized that not everyone will survive this chaos, unscathed. Not unless they are willing to adapt and willing to rebuild; a new structure with a proper foundation. I thought about keeping this to myself because I didn’t want to come off as ‘preachy’, but then I got a notification on social media; a memory popped up from two years ago; "Truth Matters", and, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter", Martin Luther King.
A reminder, that I felt this way two years ago; that I've felt this way my whole life. And, that whether or not people want to receive the love, truth and light that I want to give them or send their way, I will continue to do so. I will not be silent and will not stop spreading love, truth and light. I will not stop loving people, even when they're trying to be unlovable. Especially not now; when people need this, in their lives, more than they have ever needed truth, love and light. And, I will continue to build upon the community that I have begun to build. I will allow everything around me to crumble, if it means that what will be built in its place, will be better and purer, in the end. Because I have faith that it will work out. Not how we intended or envisioned it, but how it is meant to. It will work out for the better; and we will live better, love better and be better, as a result.
