"And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."
Isaiah 30:20-21
This is cool. Constant reminders when we stray from the path. We have them now, but sometimes we aren't listening on the correct frequency. That's the other amazing thing about community... that we *are* our brother's keeper... not in any weird I-am-better-than-you way... because I have more kids or more faith or more books by apostles on my living room shelves... but because we watch out for each other, and warn each other if we are straying from the path. It is a community motivated by love, not by some sort of condescension. I'm not sure if this is true, but sometimes I feel like I have invisible people around me, helping me to figure things out... guardian angels perhaps... and if that is true, then maybe they won't be invisible anymore. It would be nice to have a conversation with one of them. :)
Anyway, one of the big things in this verse is also the bread and water... adversity and affliction. Those things can get in our way a lot, and sometimes encourage us to stray from the path in order to avoid dealing with them. And God says, yeah... I know, life is hard that way, and sometimes lessons are big and scary... but you will have teachers, including me, there to help you. I think that is remarkably cool. :)
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