Jul 29, 2025 | By: Lisa Daugherty
Community. We are born for it.
Being in community is God’s design to keep us from becoming like a “rolling stone” — aimless, unanchored, and alone.
Here’s how:
🌱 1. Community Grounds Us in Identity
When we’re known, named, and needed by others, we no longer feel like a “complete unknown”.
Community reminds us: You are not forgotten. You are a vital part of something greater.
🤝 2. Community Provides Direction Home
Bob Dylan’s question — “with no direction home?” — is answered by relationships that reorient us toward hope and healing.
When we’re weary or wandering, wise voices help us walk the way back — not just to a physical place, but to a soul-centered home.
🕊 3. Community Helps Carry the Weight
Life can feel heavy and isolating. But community says: “You don’t have to carry this alone.”
From grief to goals, community lifts the weight, steadies the pace, and strengthens our steps.
🌤 4. Community Reflects God’s Presence
God often shows up through people — not just in prayer, but in hugs, phone calls, meals, and shared moments.
Community becomes the compass and comfort when we feel like we’re tumbling through life.
🎯 Final Thought:
- You weren’t made to roll through life solo.
- You were made to belong.
- To be seen.
- To stand firm with others when the winds howl and the road seems uncertain.
- Build something stronger than a solo story
Because life was never about how far you could roll.
It’s about who you roll with.
“The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.” Psalm 118:22 GNT
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