I was going to gripe about the extortion that is JFK's AirTrain, $5? Seriously? But instead I'll talk on something more close to my soul.
We sat there eating(or tasting) Schwarma (since I was full), talking about God, manhood and women. We didn't agree on everything, in fact, we (I), disagreed openly on some minor theological crumbs, though we still broke bread well.
Why the tolerance? Because we are brothers--family. That is what we are.
The first biblical instance of the word "community" is seen in Genesis 28:3.
It was in reference to a blessing, spoken upon a liar's life.
Community was never sinless, doomed to imperfection upon this earth. It was created to help us (that sin) live closer to the way God fashioned for us. It was created to make us more like Christ, though we aren't there yet.
We will still cry and make others cry. But we'll laugh and rejoice. We will love and struggle together to the glory of God. That's what its about.
My brothers hail from different islands, cultures and parentage, yet we have the same Heavenly Father.
The years have tested us in numerous ways, but we're still on the same path. Its just amazing, to see our transformations over the years, I hardly recognized these guys and yet they were just like me...slowly and painstakingly being perfected.
And as I sat in their company, the night before I'd fly off to my Southern whereabouts, I knew we'd stay close, stay in community and stay family, all by God's grace. Best men for a wedding years from now.
"A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken."
-Ecclesiastes 4:12
In Him,
Jean-Marc
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