You know what one of the best feelings in the world is?

The feeling of being reconciled with someone you love.

Years ago my Fred rang me at 6:30am asking me to pray, and then spend 2 hours on the phone with me telling me what had been going on in her life for the past 2 years. Mainly because she hadn't spoken to me in that amount of time. That was a great day.

The day i realised i needed God was also a great day.

The day i stopped being a little shit to my mother was a great day.

I look forward to many more great days, when people who care about each other make an effort to reconcile their differences and give their relationship a second chance.

Today is another great day, a friend texted me, one whom i haven't spoken to properly in over a year. We had a disagreement at soul survivor and well stopped talking. Things started to get better this year at soul and now things are really on the up. It is a great day.

To jesus juke it up, i get how i love the feeling of having someone back who i lost is immense, jut how much more so is that of when someone turns their life back to the way we are called to live by christ? JC must be completely over the moon when these days and moments happen.

Nick and I had a chat a few weeks ago, we were driving up to the barn and getting to know each other better, (nick is Peach's husband,) and we got chatting about the human condition in particular people groups. We started exploring the idea of community, how as humans, we crave intimacy and human contact, we crave to be part of something bigger than ourselves we crave to be part of a community. Even introverts share this craving.

Social networking is huge, online games when you are part of something can take over people's lives. The sheer volume of football fans each rooting for their team. Something in us desires to be part of something more, to be linked with others. It's why apple have done so well with their products, they don't just sell a product they sell a lifestyle which makes you part of the community.

It is not just people of faith who band together in community looking for a higher purpose, though we are the most obvious groups that do so, even atheists (though i guess they are a faith group of sorts) band together to be part of something. I recently watched a talk by Dawkins where he called for atheists to unite and stand together. For someone so opposed to religion he really sounded like a religious leader. Calling his brothers and sister to declare their faith and defend it. People do this with sports teams, PC vs Mac, social groups, religion, careers.

Something in us craves community.

We crave to be reconciled with our fellow humans.

I get this is nothing new. In fact it's old news.

But thinking on this idea of the joy in reconciliation makes me think of how closely it is tied with the joy of community. One keeps the other going or does it work both ways. Communities grow when we give each others second chances, but because we give second chances because we want to be in community with them.

Well thats its for my thoughts today.

Bedtime, night folks!