Our Longing for Community

Our Longing for Community
by G. Franklin

I long for a place where I feel welcome and accepted.
     Enable me to open my heart and arms to others.
I long to belong - to be known and loved.
     Enable me to embrace others.
I long to enjoy the comfort and company of close friends.
     Enable me to extend my friendship to others.
I long for friends who accept the reality of who I really am in the present.
     May I freely offer the gift of safety to others.
I long for friends who believe in me and in the person I long to become.
     May I gladly offer the gift of vision.
I long for friends who live me enough to be truthful with me.
     May I humbly offer the gift of wisdom.
I long to move past my fears of being hurt of disappointed by people.
     Free me to risk living in community.
I long to break free from my comfortable apathy.
     Free me to risk living in community.
I long to embrace the way of deeper commitment to others.
     Free me to risk living in community.

Then in this environment of community we want to become more like Christ.

Together may we experience the mystery of spiritual transformation.