Community ~ CS Lewis Quote

This is an amazing quote!

"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets. Now that Charles is dead, I shall never again see Ronaldís reaction to a specifically Charles joke. Far from having more of Ronald, having him ìto myselfî now that Charles is away, I have less of Ronald. Hence true friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourthÖ we possess each friend not less but more as the number of those with whom we share him increases. In this, Friendship exhibits a glorious ìnearness by resemblanceî to HeavenÖ for every soul, seeing Him in her own way, communicates that unique vision to all the rest. That, says an old author, is why the Seraphim in Isaiahís vision are crying, 'Holy, Holy, Holy' to one another (Is 6:3). The more we share the Heavenly Bread between us, the more we shall all have", C. S. Lewis

Think of the implications for your church... What does it mean for those who are part of your "community of faith"?

Last Sunday I preached on "community". It is one of our core values. I ended my sermon with this quote hoping to make the point, "Each person in the body of Christ plays a unique role in being the body of Christ to each other." It takes each part to make up the whole.

I guess I never thought about it that way before. I know a body has all of it's parts. but I never thought about how a body "needs" all of it's parts.

Each of you are needed to be the entire "body of Christ"!!!

MM :)